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Post by arnewise12 on Jan 18, 2009 1:18:12 GMT 3
I wonder if there is any good books on central asian shamanism, I prefer to read turkish shamanism, is it the same as mongol shamanism
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Jan 18, 2009 1:30:39 GMT 3
Wilhelm Radloff's Aus Sibirien (From Siberia), written in German and translated to Turkish, contains lots of information on the Modern Shamanism practiced by the Turkic peoples of Siberia who lived in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. However, the greatest expert on Turkic Shamanism, Turkic beliefs, etc was Abdülkadir Özcan, who wrote in Turkish most of the time.
Jean-Paul Roux is also an expert on the Ancient Turko-Mongol Religion, but he always writes in French (though most of them get translated to Turkish anyway).
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Post by arnewise12 on Jan 21, 2009 0:51:38 GMT 3
thanks
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Post by hjernespiser on Jan 21, 2009 5:28:05 GMT 3
Mihaly Hoppal and Vilmos Dioszegi have done a lot of research on Siberian Shamanism as well. Hoppal has a book co-published with Tuvan Shaman Kenin-Lopsan Mongush on Tuvan Shamanism. Haven't gotten a copy yet...
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Post by snafu on Jan 21, 2009 18:17:03 GMT 3
"Animal and Shaman: Ancient Religions of Central Asia" covers the ancient religious beliefs of many steppe people including Turks, Mongols, Khitans, Uighurs, etc.
Unfortunately I can't type the author's name because the profanity filter blocks it.
There's also a book called "Asian Mythologies" By Yves Bonnefoy
that has a good section on old Turkic/Mongolian shamanism. The same book also has a section on Siberian shamanism too.
"Riding Windhorses: A Journey into the heart of Mongolian Shamanism" by Sarangerel covers more modern Buryat Mongol Shamanism.
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