1st Edition

Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China I Shamanic Deities and Rituals

Edited By Fu Yuguang Copyright 2021
142 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

On the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of field research and fleshed out with the author’s insightful religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China and explores the... Read more
1. Introduction  2. The Spirit World of Northern Shamanism  3. Nature Worship  4. Ancestor and Fertility Worship  5. Blood Sacrifice and Fire Rituals  6. Rituals for Nature Deities  7. Tangse and Jia Rituals

Biography

Fu Yuguang, a native Manchu scholar of shamanic and Manchu studies from the Jilin Institute for Ethnology, has been committed to ethnological and anthropological research on the myths, rituals, and cultures of Altaic peoples in northern China for over fifty years and published many influential works.