Abode of the soul of humans, animals and objects in Mongolian folk belief
Abode of the soul of humans, animals and objects in Mongolian folk belief
Author(s): Alice SárköziSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Comparative Studies of Religion, Comparative Study of Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Mongol folk religion; soul belief; Mongol folk religious texts;
Summary/Abstract: The soul of man resides in different parts of the body on each day of the month. The concerned body part should be handled with care, as if it is hurt, it causes extreme harm. The yurt, just like animals, also has a soul. The paper presents five small hand-books — from the collection of the Oriental Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, from the St. Petersburg Oriental Collection of the Russian Academy and from private possession — indicating the abode of the soul in humans, the yurt and animals.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 61/2008
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 467-475
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
