Description
Animals have played an important part in belief systems all around the world, and there is great variation in animal relations among cultures. Animals could be credited with personhood and regarded as ancestors, otherworldly guests, guardian or helping spirits, metamorphic beings and sources of visions or superhuman powers. These relations and beliefs have in turn inspired many scholars of different disciplines.The Society for Northern Ethnography and the University of Helsinki have invited international scholars to discuss these themes for the symposium “Animals in Indigenous Religions and Folk Beliefs I”. The topics of the presentations range from animal symbols in South Saami drums and Plain Indian shields, animals in myths and rituals from Finnish-Karelian bear ceremonials, Saami traditions and ancient Celtic customs, to fieldwork-oriented presentations of animals in contemporary Tyvan horse-herders' relations and Amazonian food taboos. The program begins with a keynote lecture by Professor Enrico Comba and ends with a panel discussion in which the audience is warmly welcome to participate with questions for the experts.
| Period | 22 Nov 2017 |
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| Event title | International Symposium 'Animals in Indigenous Religions and Folk Beliefs I: Rituals, Symbols and Personhood' |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Helsinki, FinlandShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |