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Patron Deities of the Hunt and Wild Animals in Dagestan

In: Iran and the Caucasus
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Ruslan Seferbekov
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2012
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The paper discusses the characteristic features and spheres of activities of the patron deities of the hunt, masters of the animals and protectors of game and wildlife in the folk beliefs of the Dagestani highlanders―different groups of Avars, Laks, Lezgins, Dargins, Tabasaranis, Tsakhurs, Rutuls, and Kumyks. Some of these deities are ambivalent figures equally standing as harmful demons, who steal the foetus of righteous women, new-born babies or cows.

Title:
Patron Deities of the Hunt and Wild Animals in Dagestan
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20120018
Language:
English
Pages:
301–307
Keywords:
Deities of the Hunt; Patrons of Wild Animals; Dagestani Demons; Folk Beliefs in Dagestan
In:
Iran and the Caucasus
In:
Volume 16: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies

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