Calling the Soul of the Dead: Texts of Mongol Folk-Religion in the St. Petersburg Institute of Oriental Studies, 1

by Alice Sarkozi

Research of Mongolion folk-religion has been the subject of special attention in recent years. Editions and translations of extant texts have appeared, providing detailed descriptions of the rituals. This book examines a very special ritual of folk-religion, the ceremony of calling back the soul of the dead. Among the Mongols it was commonly believed that illness and death were caused by the absence of the soul, so a special ritual was required to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503515010
• ISBN13: 9782503515014
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages