Traditional ritual food of the Northern Selkups

Authors

  • OLGA B. STEPANOVA Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24866/1997-2857/2024-1/48-56

Keywords:

Selkups, ritual food, feeding of spirits, remembrance of the dead

Abstract

Based on the author’s field materials and data from research literature, the article examines the role of food in the basic rites of Selkup cultural tradition. Selkup ritual food is divided into two types – sacrificial food for spirits and food for people. The main meaning of feeding spirits is to show respect, thank, appease them and obtain from them the desired participation or non-participation in human life. Sharing food with people carries the meaning of providing participation in the celebrated event.

Author Biography

  • OLGA B. STEPANOVA, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences

    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Department of Ethnography of Siberia

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Published

22-03-2024

Issue

No. 1 (2024): Humanitarian research in the Eastern Siberia and the Far East

Section

ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY IN CIRCUM-PAСIFIC

How to Cite

Traditional ritual food of the Northern Selkups. (2024). Humanitarian Research in the Eastern Siberia and the Far East, 1, 48-56. https://doi.org/10.24866/1997-2857/2024-1/48-56