REGIONAL NORDIC TRADITION IN THE KOMI FOLK MEDICINE (Pohja paikkondlik traditsioon komide rahvameditsiinis)

• Authors: Iljina Irina.
• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

The article based on field work materials discusses the characteristics of folk medicine among the northernmost group of the Komi - namely, those living in the Izhemsky District (Komi iz'va). During the populating of the tundra and the development of reindeer herding tradition borrowed from the Nenets, the Izhma Komi developed a striking cultural and practical character which is expressed in the structure of medical knowledge, the range of remedies and treatment methods, and the system of nutrition and hygienic tradition. The folk medicine of the said ethnic group is characterised by remarkable rationality, which is expressed in a rare use of magical treatment methods, the majority of folk healers are bone-setters, and a sceptical attitude towards the Nenets Shamans is prevailing. In the framework of ancestral worship practised by the Komi developed the cult of Tandze Marya, a famous folk healer and bone-setter. The mythologisation of the well-known healer has been greatly facilitated by the means of mass media, which has, in some respects, appeared on the initiative of local intellectuals

Keywords

EN

FOLK HEALERS; FOLK MEDICINE; KOMI

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 39
• Pages: 75-92
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Iljina Irina.

• Irina Iljina, Institute of Language, Lliterature and History, Kommunisticheskaya 26, Syktyvkar 167982, Komi, Russia

Identifiers

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09EAAAAA06214