Tadibya

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Tadibya (tádyebya; Russian: тадебя) is the mediator between the ordinary world and the upper- and underworlds of the spirits among the Nenets people. The Nenets rank their shamans by their spiritual attachment and function as well as their experience.

Categories[edit]

The following categories of Nenets shamans are listed by Mihaly Hoppal, who cites research conducted by L. Khomitch and Leonid A. Lar.[1]

  • Vidutana, strong shamans standing in contact with the upper world
  • Yanyani tadebya, shamans belonging to the earth
  • Sambana shamans, shamans able to receive messages from dead people and to perform other rituals concerning the dead.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hoppál, Mihály: Sámánok Eurázsiában (Shamans in Eurasia). Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2005 ISBN 963-05-8295-3

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