Folk medicine practices of komi-izhem people of lower ob region as a sign of ethnic identity

Tyumen State University Herald. Humanities Research. Humanitates

Release:

Vesntik TSU. History. 2012

Title:

Folk medicine practices of komi-izhem people of lower ob region as a sign of ethnic identity

About the author:

Elena E. Ermakova,

Cand. Phil. Sci., Accosiate Professor, Department of Publishing and Editing, Institute for the Humanities, Tyumen State University

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Abstract:

The article summarizes field studies of witch-doctor system of KomiIzhem people, who live along the lower Ob. It describes peculiarities of their witch-doctor knowledge and how it transforms, functions and adopts to modern urbanized society with a clear trend towards ethnicity erasing.

Keywords:

Izhem people
folk medicine
ethnic identity

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