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Olga Khristoforova

2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2010-2020

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Spirit Possession in a Present-Day Russian Village

FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic East European and Eurasian Folklore Association October 25, 2010 Olga Khristoforova 1 citation

The article is based on the data collected in the period from 1999 to 2005 during the author’s field work among the Old-Believers of the Urals and Udmurtia (Verkhokam’e historical region). The author examines beliefs in spirit possession which have existed in this region since at least the beginning of XVIII century. Local synonymous terms for spirit possession are ikota and poshibka. In the...