The Ethnic Identification of the Ostyak (Khanty) People in Folklore and in Traditional Believes

Uspenskaya S. S.

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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.

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Issue: 3, 2007

Series of issue: Humanities (History. Archeology. Ethnology)

Pages: 155 — 161

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