Download or read book Studies in Siberian Shamanism No. 4 written by Henry N. Michael and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1963-12-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth volume in the series sponsored by the Arctic Institute consists of translations of five articles by Russian scholars: "Concepts of the Soul among the Ob Ugrians," by V.N. Chernetsov; "Early Concepts about the Universe among the Evenks (Materials)," by G.M. Vasilevich; "The Shaman's Tent among the Evenks and the Origin of the Shamanistic Rite," by A.F. Anisimov; "The Costume of an Enets Shaman," by E.D. Prokofeva; "Cosmological Concepts of the Peoples of the North," by A.F. Anisimov.