The Vös’as’, the Udmurt sacrificial priest
An old task for young men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12039630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Toulouze (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, corresponding author), Liivo Niglas (University of Tartu) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-39 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0497-1817 • E-ISSN: 2342-7256 |
| Publisher | Temenos (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33356/temenos.55613 |
| OpenAlex | W2766752597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
In the Udmurt diaspora of Northern Bashkortostan, the Udmurt traditional religion is very much alive; it is part of the villagers’ everyday life. Rituals are regularly held both at the village level and at a wider community, composed of several villages, and they involve the whole population. This article focuses on the key character of Udmurt ritual: the sacrificial priest, called vös’as’, and attempts to sketch a pattern of function performing and transmission, taking into account the lightly different practice in two local groups of villages. Further on it reflects on its historical perspective, in a Finno-Ugric context in which often practice of ethnic religions is seen and/or used as a marker for ethnicity
Archaeology · Art · Character (mathematics · Context (archaeology · Diaspora · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Everyday life · Genealogy · Perspective (graphical · Population · Sketch · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Demography · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
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Historical memory in Finno-Ugric families of Mordpvians and Udmurts (experience in analyzing of family histories)
Leading components of ethnic mentality in Mari verbal charms
The Mari wedding robes as a group’s identity marker (based on the materials of the Russian Museum of Ethnography)
Dishes and utensils used in sacrificial rites of the Trans-Kama Udmurts (functional and symbolic meaning)
Contemporary Mari Belief
Eastern Udmurt Sacred Places, Yesterday and Today
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |