The Ethnic Identification of the Ostyak (Khanty) People in Folklore and in Traditional Believes
The article is written according to the literary sources with wide attraction of the author’s own field materials collected during the last years. The various historical names and native-names of the people and their origin are considered. The patrimonial legends and the traditional views of the Ostyaks (Khanty), which reflect various levels of the ethnic identification and self-identification, are analyzed.
Issue: 3, 2007
Series of issue: Humanities (History. Archeology. Ethnology)
Pages: 155 — 161
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