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020 $a9514110285
020 $a9789514110306 (v. 1)
020 $a9514110307 (v. 1)
020 $a9789514110283 (v. 2)
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050 4 $aBL2370.S5$bT64 2009
100 1 $aTolley, Clive.
245 00 $aShamanism in Norse myth and magic /$cby Clive Tolley.
260 $aHelsinki :$bAcademia Scientiarum Fennica,$c2009.
300 $a2 v. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aFF communications ;$vno. 296-297
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. [201]-239) and indexes.
505 0 $av.1. Prolegomena; the place of shamanism in society; Metaphysical entities; Cosmic structures; The workings of shamanism; Kindred concerns; Epilogomena -- v.2. The peoples of Eurasia (Finno-Ugric peoples; Samoyed peoples; Keltic peoples; Mongolic peoples; Tungusic peoples; Nivkhs; Yukagirs; North-eastern palaeosiatics; Eskimo-Aleut peoples; Ainus); Source texts (Eurasian; Norse and other texts related to Germanic traditions.
520 $a" ... presents the main features of Siberian shamanism, as they are relevant for comparison with Norse sources, and examines the Norse texts in detail to determine how far it is reasonable to assign a label of "shamanism" to the human and divine magical practices of pre-Christian Scandinavia, whose existence, it is argued, in many cases resides mainly in the imaginative tradition of the poets." -- Back cover.
650 0 $aShamanism in literature.
650 0 $aMythology, Norse.
830 0 $aFF communications ;$vno. 296-297.
988 $a20100421
049 $aHLSS
906 $0OCLC