Genre Specificity of Shamanic Narratives in the Folklore Tradition of Tuvans
Zhanna M. Yusha
Critique and Semiotics 2022 DOI: 10.25205/2307-1737-2022-2-258-274 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Shamanism |
| Key points | Argues that Tuvan shamanic narratives fall into two complementary types, those performed by the ritual specialist and those by the bearer of the tradition, and that they combine features of oral narrative, myth, mythological narrative, and legend, which the authors attribute to archaic syncretism of folklore consciousness. The narratives also contain shamanic algysh-chants whose pragmatic functions and thematic range the work describes. |
Abstract
Genre features and structure of shamanic narratives existing in Tuvan folklore are analyzed. Two types of stories have been identified in the performing tradition – from the ritual specialist and the bearer of the tradition. The mythological picture in both types of stories complement each other, in them the general narrative model characteristic of shamanic narratives is preserved. It is revealed that shamanic narratives combine features of various genres of non-narrative prose: oral narrative, myth and mythological narrative, legend and legend, which indicates the archaic syncretism of folklore consciousness. In the structure of shamanic narratives, the differentiating features characteristic of a particular genre of non-narrative prose are described in detail and described. In shamanic narratives, the presence of shamanic algysh-chants is revealed; their pragmatic functions are determined; their thematic diversity is revealed.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on shamanism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond | 2014 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Shamanism as the Original Neurotheology | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience, Shamanism and the Rock Art of Native California | 1998 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| From Culture to Experience: Shamanism in the Pages of the Soviet Anti-Religious Press | 2020 | Historical analysis | |
| Anthropology, Shamanism, and Alternate Ways of Knowing–Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation | 2010 | Reflective essay or personal narrative |