Ecological Sustainability in Traditional Sámi Beliefs and Rituals

Mardoeke Boekraad author Gerhard Droesser editor Ruth Hutzel editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:22nd Feb '16

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The book gives a detailed overview of relevant traditional indigenous Sámi myths, beliefs and rituals based on empirical findings. The author inquires whether and how they are related to an ecologically sustainable use of the natural environment. Her main sources are ancient missionary texts, writings by Sámi and contemporary interviews with Sámi individuals. The traditional value system included ecological sustainability as a survival strategy. Beliefs and rituals, transmitted via stories, incorporated these values and transmitted a feeling of a round life, despite the strict rules for right behavior and punishment for transgressions. The term round symbolized a sense of safety, interconnectedness, reliance on mutual help and respect, identification and empathy with all living beings.

«This book compiles selected written documentation augmented by contemporary voices about Saami in their Saapmi Umwelt, showing how inner values, cultural ritual, and the natural environment sustain their own enduring dance.»
(Myrdene Anderson, Anthropos 112.2017.2 )

ISBN: 9783631665985

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 320g

166 pages

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