Ngytarma and Ngamteru: Concepts of the Dead and (Non)Interactions with Them in Northern Siberia

This article examines some features of the mythological beliefs and funeral rites of Siberia’s two related Uralic peoples—the Nenets and the Nganasans. The afterlife fate in the mythology of Nenets and Nganasans is similar—the souls of the dead go to the Lower World, where they continue to live as t...

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Main Author: Khristoforova, Olga B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 6
Further subjects:B Ancestor worship
B funeral rites
B Nenets
B Uralic peoples
B substitutional incarnation
B Beliefs
B theories of illness
B children’s dolls
B Nganasans
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