{"product_id":"shamanic-and-mythic-cultures-of-fu-yuguang-9780367676537","title":"Shamanic and Mythic Cultures of Ethnic Peoples in Northern China I: Shamanic Deities and Rituals","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the basis of first-hand materials gathered through decades of field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to the Qing dynasty, ancient archaeological discoveries, and the legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates shamanic rituals, myths, and lore in northern China and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the region's cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from numerous oral myths, ancient documents, and archaeological findings, this first volume discusses the spiritual world of northern shamanism and investigates the various rituals, including ancestor worship, fertility, nature deities, blood sacrifice and rites, the worshiping of nature, and shrines. The book illuminates how these rituals and worships, animism, and ideas of the soul are imbedded in and interweave with the indigenous environment, culture, and history of the clans and people of northern China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be of great value to scholars of religion and to both anthropologists and ethnologists in the fields of shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore, and Manchu studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fu Yuguang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367676532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367676537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Fu Yuguang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070709231871,"sku":"9780367676537","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cc8ce2b-0aee-4c56-bb9a-c9a13405d590.jpg?v=1685431905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shamanic-and-mythic-cultures-of-fu-yuguang-9780367676537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}