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The Symbolism of Archaic Rites, Signs, and Superstitions of Teleuts
Maria Obraztsova (Kemerovo State University, Russia), Elvira Stepanovna Denisova (Kemerovo State University, Russia), and Ursula Valeryevna Kereksibesova (Kemerovo State University, Russia)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7853-6.ch016
Abstract
The chapter is devoted to the description of the cultural traditions of the indigenous people of the North-Teleuts, which currently numbers approximately 2,600 persons. It gives an analysis of signs and superstitions of the Teleut people. There are considered two archaic ritual symbol of female “эмегендер/emegender” and male “сомдор/somdor” amulets. The burial ceremony of Teleuts and Telengits is described. The chapter consists of three sections, written by the project executors “Language and culture of Teleuts,” which is supported by grant RHSF/RFBR Nº 17-04-00252 ONG/18.