Medieval Christians’ Knowledge of Shamanism in the North: An Oral Tradition in the Historia Norwegie and the Russian Primary Chronicle

This paper examines a previously unrecognized parallel between the descriptions of deep-trance shamanic rituals in the twelfth-century Historia Norwegie and the Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, commonly called the Primary Chronicle. The shared narrative pattern is argued to reflect oral circulating discour...

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Main Author: Frog 1972- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publ. 2021
In: Shaman
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 21-64