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[English Version] (Tunguzen), Sammelbez. für die heutigen Völker der Evenken und Evenen (Lamuts), die einst ausgedehnte Gebiete Ost- und Mittelsibiriens beherrschten. Einige kleinere Stämme wie die Golden (Nanaj) und Oročen gehören zur selben Sprachfamilie und teilen die gleichen rel. Anschauungen. Die traditionale Rel. (arktische Religion, sibirische Religionen) der T. hat wie viele andere Rel. Nordasiens die Besonderheit, zirkumpolar ausgerichtet zu sein. Sie ist vom Glauben an zwei oder drei übereinanderlagernde kosmische Welten be…

[German Version] (or Eskimo in the recent past) are an Arctic people who are represented both in Asia (the Chuckchee Peninsula) and in America (the coasts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland). Their diffusion on two continents possibly offers an explanation for their relatively late entrance to North America c. 3000 bce. The Inuit language, which stands quite isolated, is divided into two dialects: Yupik is spoken in south Alaska and Siberia, whereas Inupik is spoken from Alaska to eastern Greenland. The area covered by the Inuit languages covers …

[German Version] is the common term for the religions closest to the Polar circle (also called circumpolar religions). Some scholars also speak of northern religion in the same sense. The term Arctic religion implies that the religion in question is more or less determined by the ecological conditions to which it is subject: tundra or the permafrost limits cul…

[German Version] Today's Evenks and Evens (Lamuts), formerly known collectively as Tungus, once dominated extensive regions in eastern and central Siberia. A few smaller tribes such as the Golds (Nanai) and the Oročen belong to the same language family and share the same religious views. The traditional religion (Arctic religion, Siberian religions) of the …

[German Version] also called Sakha, a Turkic-speaking tribe in the Republic of Sakha in north-eastern Siberia. The Yakuts split off from the Turkic people of Central Asia about 800 years ago. Besides horse breeding and cattle raising, they devote themselves to hunting and fishing. Despite having been Christianized around ¶ 1800, they have largely maintained their traditional religion to the present day. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, shamanism gained new influence. After prison terms, many shamans continue their traditional pra…