Женские божества земли и их роль в формировании традиционной обрядности бурят конца XIX — начала ХХ в.
Female divinities of the earth and their role in formation of traditional Buryat rituality of the end of the XIX — the beginning of the XX centuries

Summary/Abstract: The cult of the earth as the image of Mother-parent was included in the system of natural objects performing as an analogue of woman’s breeding beginning: land, water, bank split, caves, generic mountains, some kinds of trees. In their honour Buryats carried out rites asking for babies, fertility and prosperity. Revealed by ritual practice, creed and folklore these images reflect gender connections, which carry out sacral functions of life support of traditional society.

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