Soul Suckers: Vampiric Shamans in Northern Kamchatka, Russia
1999; Wiley; Volume: 10; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/ac.1999.10.4.57
ISSN1556-3537
Autores Tópico(s)Anthropological Studies and Insights
ResumoThis paper proceeds from the assumption that the spiritual beliefs of native people of northern Kamchatka (Koryaks, Chukchis, Evens) are not false consciousness, nor "really" about something else. I situate beliefs about vampiric shamans in the larger cultural context of the spiritual world, the human soul, and the afterlife. After this description of d iscourse about shamans, the second half of the paper demonstrates how the way people talk about the spiritual world is interconnected with their social reality.
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