Genre of blasphemy and the ritual texts of "Cutting-off a Black Tongue” among Kalmyks

Authors

  • Tamara G. Basangova Kalmyk Institute for Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences

Keywords:

Ceremony; Kalmyks; folklore; ethnography; ritual

Abstract

The article is devoted to the description of the ritual of  "cutting-off a black tongue” which was widely prevailed among Kalmyks. This ritual was based on wizardry of similarity.

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Published

28.02.2011

How to Cite

Basangova, T. G. (2011) “Genre of blasphemy and the ritual texts of "Cutting-off a Black Tongue” among Kalmyks”, The New Research of Tuva, 1. Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/451 (Accessed: 19.12.2024).

Issue

No. 1 (2011)

Section

Nomads of the Asian continent

Author Biography

Tamara G. Basangova, Kalmyk Institute for Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Philology, leading researcher

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