Tadibya (''tádyebya''; ) is the mediator between the ordinary world and the upper- and
underworld
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
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s of the spirits among the
Nenets people
The Nenets (; ), in the past also called 'Samoyeds' or 'Yuraks', are a Samoyedic ethnic group native to Arctic Russia, Russian Far North. According to the latest census in 2021, there were 49,646 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them l ...
. The Nenets rank their
shaman
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into ...
s by their spiritual attachment and function as well as their experience.
Categories
The following categories of Nenets shamans are listed by Mihaly Hoppal, who cites research conducted by L. Khomitch and Leonid A. Lar.
[Hoppál, Mihály: ''Sámánok Eurázsiában (Shamans in Eurasia)''. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2005 ]
* ''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
A ritual is a repeated, structured sequence of actions or behaviors that alters the internal or external state of an individual, group, or environment, regardless of conscious understanding, emotional context, or symbolic meaning. Traditionally ...
concerning the dead.
References
External links
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''The Process of Education of the Nenets Shamans'', by Leonid A. Lar*
''The Nenets Shamans'', by Leonid A. Lar
Nenets people
Religious occupations
Siberian shamanism
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