Mythic Images and Shamanism
Auteur : Anna-Leena Siikala
Date de publication : 2002
Éditeur : Academia Scientiarium Fennica
Nombre de pages : 423
Résumé du livre
Analyses shamanistic images and metaphors encountered in oral poetry of Baltic Finns. Examines action of ecstatic tietäjäs and seers who fell into a trance. Traces mythic images in light of Old Norse poetry and saga, myths of Antiquity and Middle East, medieval visions, Siberian and Saami shamanism, archaeology and linguistic developments.