Napolskikh, Vladimir - Siikala, Anna-Lena - Hoppál Mihály (szerk.): Selkup mythology - Encyclopaedia of Uralic mythologies 4. (Budapest, 2010)

S e I к (i p (D V 11) о l о q у Selkup Mythology is the fourth volume of The Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies, edited by Anna-Leena Siikala, Vladimir Napolskikh and Mihály Hoppál, which offers a basis for the study of the roots and present nature of Finno-Ugric and Samoyed religions. The volume introduces readers to the mythic narratives, beliefs and religious traditions of the Selkups, an indige­nous group speaking a Samoyed language. The tiny Selkup population consisting of less than 4000 persons lives in a vast area in the west of Siberia; their nearest linguistic rela­tives are other Samoyed-speaking peoples, the Nenets, Enets and Nganasans, and the Ob’-Ugrians (Khanty and Mansi). ■ " ’* , . f .v

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