Inside and outside the mirror: Mongolian shamans' mirrors as instruments of perspectivism

This article explores the implications of the fact that shamans' mirrors, and mirrors in general, have two quite different sides, one reflecting images and the other a dull blank or imagined as a teeming other world. - (Inner Asia/NIAS-Han)

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Main Author: Humphrey, Caroline 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Inner Asia
Year: 2007, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-195
Further subjects:B Mongolia Shamanism Religion
B Mongolia
B Shamanism
B Religion
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Summary:This article explores the implications of the fact that shamans' mirrors, and mirrors in general, have two quite different sides, one reflecting images and the other a dull blank or imagined as a teeming other world. - (Inner Asia/NIAS-Han)
Physical Description:Ill., Lit.Hinw.
ISSN:1464-8172
Contains:In: Inner Asia