Shamanism and culture
By: Juha Pentikäinen
Publisher: Etnika
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Shamanism; Arctic peoples; Religion; Folklore
Notes: "Most of the essays of this volume have been delivered as papers in various conferences. The collection has been edited on the basis of the texts which have been published either in extenso or partly in [various] publications"--P. 111.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The Pre-Literate Stage of Religious Tradition; title: The Shamanic Drum as Cognitive Map; title: The Grammar of Mind and Body; title: Shamanism as Narrative Performance; title: Northern Identity and Religion; title: The Values of Nature in the Mind of Northern Man; title: The Revival of Shamanism in the North; title: Northern Ethnography; title: Exploring the Fourth World