8 papers in the library · 6 citations · publishing 2009-2023
March 20, 2023 Tatiana Bulgakova
Based on the field material collected among the Nanai people over more than 35 years of study, the author of this chapter presents the emic point of view of the Nanai shamans on the changes that have occurred in their shamanic practices over the past decades. Focusing on a specific part of the Nanai region within the Khabarovsk territory, this piece discusses the local focalization of shamanic...
Study of Religion 2021 Tatiana Bulgakova
The generalization of the field material collected by the author allowed to identify two groups of interrelated factors that form the mentality of those Nanai people who practice shamanism. There were two principles identified, the goal-setting and detecting the resources required to achieve the desired results. On the one hand, an irrational worldview, the idea of the accessibility of the...
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics December 1, 2018 Tatiana Bulgakova
Abstract The issue raised in the present article is shamanists’ ideas about why there should be unity in drinking in the shamanic community. In the framework of the shamanic worldview, each act of drinking, not only ritual acts but also everyday acts, can comprise the features of worshipping the spirits and making an offering to them. Hence there is the need to make an offering during any...
Études mongoles sibériennes centrasiatiques et tibétaines 2018 Tatiana Bulgakova 4 citations
Cet article propose une analyse comparative synchronique et diachronique des rituels et des croyances liés au tigre chez les peuples toungouso-mandchous. Ces peuples chamanistes traitent les tigres comme des humains et croient en leur extraordinaire capacité à agir comme tel. Selon les conceptions chamaniques, de tels comportements chez les tigres peuvent s’expliquer par le fait que, en tant...
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics June 30, 2015 Tatiana Bulgakova
The tale motif of the shamanic tale competition is examined with due regard for the interpretation given by the Nanai storyteller-shamans from the standpoint of their personal spiritual experience. In shamanic practice it is not the personal ability (skill or physical power) that provides a challenger victory in conflict, but obtaining spirits-helpers more powerful than those of his or her...
Journal of Northern Studies January 8, 2010 Tatiana Bulgakova 1 citation
According to Nanay emic ideas, shamanic disease, which affects a shaman in the period of his or her formation, also affects his or her relatives, who begin to suffer from nervous disorders and other problems but recover at their new shaman’s incarnation. A similar spiritual correlation within the group of relatives becomes apparent also when a shaman is involved in a situation which connects...
Sibirica 2010 Tatiana Bulgakova
This article discusses the sociological hierarchies among Nanay shamans. The shamans evaluate one another and the community also evaluates them, ranking them in myriad informal ways in terms of effectiveness with spirits and healing power. These rankings come about through discursive activities associated with recounting shamanic healing and other ritual practices. While shamans try to maintain...
Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore 2009 Tatiana Bulgakova 1 citation
Every radical change that Nanai experienced in the 20th century divided the young people of this indigenous minority in Russia in two groupsradicals and conservatives, sharing values of the older generation.This way, in the period of establishing the Soviet power, radicals were members of the Young Communist League (Komsomol) who repressed shamans, whereas conservatives were those young people...