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Chukchee Pitek, Emily

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The Chukchee are indigenous to what is now known as the Chukota Autonomous Okrug of Russia (established 1930), the Lower Kolyma District of the Yakut Republic, and the northern Koryak Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchee are divided into two economic-cultural groups: the nomadic reindeer herders, and the sedentary coastal-dwellers. This entry focuses on the reindeer division of the Chukchee around the time of 1900, and considers the Chukchee religious group to be coterminous with the society at large. Religious beliefs were bound up with the functioning of society as a whole; religious ceremonies, for example, overlap with subsistence, economic, and social activities. The religious beliefs center on shamanism. Shamans serve to communicate with spirits, perform divining rituals, produce incantations, lead ceremonies, and act as healers. A variety of supernatural beings are present.

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Title
Chukchee
Creator
Pitek, Emily
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2019-04-12
Description
The Chukchee are indigenous to what is now known as the Chukota Autonomous Okrug of Russia (established 1930), the Lower Kolyma District of the Yakut Republic, and the northern Koryak Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchee are divided into two economic-cultural groups: the nomadic reindeer herders, and the sedentary coastal-dwellers. This entry focuses on the reindeer division of the Chukchee around the time of 1900, and considers the Chukchee religious group to be coterminous with the society at large. Religious beliefs were bound up with the functioning of society as a whole; religious ceremonies, for example, overlap with subsistence, economic, and social activities. The religious beliefs center on shamanism. Shamans serve to communicate with spirits, perform divining rituals, produce incantations, lead ceremonies, and act as healers. A variety of supernatural beings are present.
Subject
Circumpolar religions; Religion
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Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-08-02
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0380264
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/71178
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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