Shamanic Materialities in Nordic Climates

by Trude Fonneland and Tiina Äikäs

This Element takes its starting point in shamanism in the Nordic countries and explores expressions and the lives of shamanic materialities in contemporary Finland and Norway. Shamans interact with spiritual powers and beings, but their religious practices unfold in a material reality. In this Element, then, we begin with the materiality of shamanism and focus on how the drum, the sacrificial site, the power animal, and a mushroom bridge the gap between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009376403
• ISBN13: 9781009376402
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"