Tadibya
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]- ^ Hoppál, Mihály: Sámánok Eurázsiában (Shamans in Eurasia). Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2005 ISBN 963-05-8295-3
External links
[edit]- (in English) The Process of Education of the Nenets Shamans, by Leonid A. Lar
- (in Russian) The Nenets Shamans, by Leonid A. Lar
- Jarkko Niemi: The types of the Nenets songs. 1997
- The shamanistic songs
- Sámbadabts
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