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dc.contributor.authorFonneland, Trude
dc.contributor.authorÄikäs, Tiina
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-05T10:56:11Z
dc.date.available2021-07-05T10:56:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-07
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we study the role of power animals in contemporary Saami shamanism and how past and present are entwined in the presentation of power animals. In the old Saami worldviews, in addition to animals, spirits and sacred rocks (sieidi, SaaN) were also considered to be able to interact with people. Animals were an important part of offering rituals because livelihood and rituals were intertwined. Past “religions” are used as an inspiration for contemporary shamanistic practices, in line with one of late modernity’s core concepts, namely creativity. Present-day shamanistic practices can be described as ritual creativity, and they combine traces of old and new ritual activities. At the shamanistic festival Isogaisa, organized in northern Norway, these different roles of animals and ritual creativity become evident. Here, animals appear as spirit animals, as well as decorative elements on drums and clothes and as performance. In this paper, we combine material culture studies, interview data, and participatory observations in order to reflect the meanings and use of power animals in contemporary spiritual practices. How are traces of the past used in creating contemporary spirituality? How are animals and their artistic presentations entangled in contemporary shamanism?en_US
dc.identifier.citationFonneland TA, Äikäs T. Animals in Saami Shamanism: Power Animals, Symbols of Art, and Offerings . Religions. 2021;12(4)
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1902602
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/rel12040256
dc.identifier.issn2077-1444
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/21736
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.journalReligions
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000en_US
dc.titleAnimals in Saami Shamanism: Power Animals, Symbols of Art, and Offeringsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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