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NORTHERN MANSI 1986 FIELD NOTES BY I. N. GEMUEV // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2015. Issue 2 (8). P. 69-79

The paper presents the field notes of I. N. Guemuev made during his trip to the Northern Mansi community in 1986 and the comments of the author. The field data mostly describe the ceremonies of the Mansi life circle but also include the description of diet restrictions, worshipping the family’s guardian spirits, some sacred places. The ceremony held at womens’ sacred place Araschkan in the village of Novinskie is described in detail.

Keywords: Mansi, ceremony, sacrifice, burial, matchmaking, spirits

SACRIFICIAL SITE TO VENERATE MIR-SUSNE-KHUM OF OB-RIVER MANSI // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2016. Issue 2 (12). P. 65-72

The article is devoted to the description of the sacrificial complex in honor of the deity Mirsusne-khum, which was recorded during the field work in 2015 in the Berezovsky district of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous district-Yugra. The complex consists of cover and a heroic helmet, both attributes of the Ob Mansi made from cloth. Dating of the objects held by him attached to the coins and determined the 1920s–1930s are the analogs described previously, the author proposes his own version of the semantics of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, which are presented at the cover and helmet. The iconography of the Heavenly horseman in the giant helmet reflects the era in which it was made: the figure of a deity endowed with the equipment and apparel specific to the Red army 1930-ies.

Keywords: Mansi, helmet, cover, sacrifice, tradition

FIELD TRIP TO TAZ SELKUPS: FIELDNOTES OF 1979 // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2017. Issue 1 (15). P. 124-135

The field notes result from the field project to the Northern Selkup (Taz) communities in Krasnoselkup region of Tyumen oblast in the summer of 1979. The project team of the Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Science of USSR lead by G. I. Pelikh collected data in the villages of Krasnoselkup and Tol'ka, visiting a set of local camps along the rivers Taz and Khudoseja. The field notes shed light onto the aspects of traditional economy, material and spiritual culture of Selkus: settlement patterns, land use, rules of hunting and fishing, burial rituals, inheritance, family life, court of local lord, types of punishment and other. The notes also include a set of fairytales.

Keywords: Selkup, settlement, traditional economy, family, rituals, heritage