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jango Durshinin o.s.v. jango Durshinin, etc. Landet wid öfra Ket lågt- uppfylldt medmoar å ömse sidor af floden, hföre[härföre]begge sidorna äro befolkade med Ostj. The land on the lower reaches of the Ket is low and filled with…

Natsko-Pumpokolsk The following four manuscript pages describe the so-called Nacko-Pumpokolʹsk Samoyed, a community of Selkups living on the upper reaches of the River Ket. Castrén visited the Nacko-Pumpokolʹsk Selkups in April 1846. The…

Liket See [den döde]. föres ut ge.[genom] bakväggen med huf-vudet förut. The corpse is taken out through the back wall head-first.

Cap. 7 Chapter VII

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I Samojederne äro blott till namnet christna, Here, Castrén relies on Venianim’s knowledge. Archimandrite Veniamin was in charge of the Orthodox missionary work that took place in the European tundra of Russia in the 1820s and 1830s.…

I Samojedernes sagor omtalas ofta Jordens nafvel; See Castrén 1843c. visarvägen åt förvillade. Han är liten som ett barn, medgrått skägg. In the narratives of the Samoyeds, the navel of the Earth is often mentioned; it shows the way…

På Waigats finnas tre offer stäl-len 1) Vid det sydvestliga näset, Hähen=saljeh, Хэхэʹ саля ʻSacred cape’. The southern cave is situated near TN Вэсако, a seven-headed wooden idol linked to TN Хадако, another idol situated on the…

Den döda A similar habit is also described by Lepëchin (1805: 117, 257) and Schrenk (1848: 522–523) but Chomič (1966: 219–220) notes that there is regional variation. See also [Den döde] and [Hähe]. lägges i kistan med ansigtetwandt…

JileumbaertjeHeunzer (t)seejeh, какъ ты потухъManj hoonumjum Такъ и я спать стану. TN Илевямбэртя Ханзер сея Мань хонумюмʹ ʻJiljevjambertja As you go out I go to bed.ʻ See [Jileumbartje] (RL, TaS, KL) Jileumbaertje Heunzer (t)…

Renhufvudet, som offras åt Num TN Нум is the heavenly deity, a creator god whose opposite is TN ңа, an earthly deity. (Chomič 1977: 5–7; See also Castrén 1853: 13–18). ställes på en stör.Ostjakerne lagga det i ett tråg, v.f. The…

Björnen hålles helig. The ambiguous nature of both brown (TN варк) and white (TN сэрʹ варк) bears is reflected in the multitude of circumlocutions such as TN париденя, педарэй, панэда парико, ваңгутана мэна, ири, хэбидя, and сэрʹ, явы…

Då en Samojed aflidt, gör man en Hähé, A special term, TN сидяңг, сидряңг, or TN ңытарма, is known for these images. Here, TN хэхэ is used as a general category, whereas сидряңг can denote both the shadow soul that leaves the body as a…

Bolvaner Here, Castrén is denoting the TN сядэй that the Nenets carry with themselves. See also [bolvan] äro klädda. Af dem finnasmanliga och qvinliga, de förs[tnämda]. ärosoml[iga]. klädda i mans andra i qvinno-kläder, mössa, ringar…

Likasom enl[igtt]. traditionen Urier See also Castrén 2019: 480, 515. uppstegettill himlen, så är bland Samojederneännu i dag den tron rådande, attmskor[människor] lefvande uppstiga till de öfrerymderne. Så hände nyligen på…

Den döde Castrén’s description of burial customs corresponds to other contemporary descriptions. The deceased are said to be buried in their own clothes in wooden coffins that only seldom get buried underground. The deceased is…

När Here Castrén is describing short sacrificial prayers, typical of the Nenets rituals, which can take place either in the tundra or in the camp. As seen, the sacrifices can be related, for example, to luck in livelihood and health. In…

På Waigats Vajgač Island (TN Хэхэʹ я, Хэбидя я) in the Pečora Sea at N70°1′13″ E59°28′56″. (TS, KL) finnes en såkalladPetschora пещера Bolvanskij Nos (TN Хэхэʹ саля) is a high cliff face with an open cave situated at the southern…

Cap. 6Urier, en ryktbar Tadibé. Urier According to the travelogue, Castrén noted the narrative down from a female TN тадебя he met while travelling by boat from Kolva to the east in 1843. He also related the narrative in his letter to…

Gängse sjukdomar bland Samojeder och Ostjakeräro: venerisk smitta, lepra och skörbjugg. Common diseases among the Samoyeds and Ostyaks are venereal infection, leprosy, and scurvy.