ABSTRACT This commentary introduces the reader to the Siberian audio collection of the Hungarian ethnologist and researcher of shamanism Vilmos Diószegi (1923–1972). Diószegi conducted four research expeditions to southern Siberia and northern Mongolia, in 1957, 1958, 1960, and 1964, to study the shamanic traditions of Indigenous populations in these regions. During these expeditions, he...
ABSTRACT This study explores the significance of origin myths in shaping ethnic and national identity, focusing on Hungarian narratives and their evolution. Hungarian origin stories range from Uralic, Turkic, and medieval Christian myths to more recent Turanic and globalist views, reflecting the influence of political factors from the Habsburg and Soviet eras to modern nationalist and globalist...