Mansi mythology / I.N.Gemuev et al.; ed. by V.Napolskikh, A.-L.Siikala, M.Hoppál; [transl. by V.Napolskikh; transl. revised by K.Armstrong]. - Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, 2008. - 199 p., [11] p. of plates: ill., map. - (Encyclopaedia of Uralic mythologies; 3). - ISBN 978-963-05-8556-9; ISSN 1588-5216  Место хранения:   088 | Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

PREFACE ......................................................... 9 THE MANSI: A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION ........................... 13 THE MYTHOLOGICAL WORLD VIEW OF THE MANSI ....................... 23 Actual Figures of the Pantheon .............................. 23 Mother-Goddesses ............................................ 27 The Conception of Human Soul. Reincarnation ................. 28 Mansi Religious Ritual Practice. Putting the Space in Cosmic Order ................................................ 29 Mansi Mythology and the Iranian Tradition ................... 33 ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MANSI MYTHOLOGY Ā-W ........................... 41 THE POEMS ..................................................... 157 Mythological Texts ......................................... 159 Sacral Tale about the Creation of the Earth ................ 159 Song of the World Surveyor Man, the Son of Sky Having Been Lowered from Above .................................... 163 Invocation to the World Surveyor Man from Khat-paul Village .................................................... 167 Song of the Elk Star ....................................... 169 ABBREVIATIONS ................................................. 177 REFERENCES .................................................... 178 NAME INDEX .................................................... 187 GENERAL INDEX ................................................. 189