The Sámi Narrative Tradition

This book sets out to document and analyse the Sámi narrative tradition. It considers the worldviews inherent in the narratives and links them to traditional cosmology and other cultural expressions (such as joik and duodji).

Autorentext

Jens-Ivar Nergård is Professor Emeritus at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Inhalt

Preface; 1 Nature, Animals and People; 2 The Narrative Tradition; 3 The Messenger; 4 Leaving a Child Behind; 5 The Voice of Common Properties; 6 The Narratives about the Noaidi; 7 The Spiritual Aftermath; 8 The Spirituality transferred to Læstadianism; 9 Narratives on Local Justice; 10 The Gaze of Future in the Past