This work considers analysis of images of birds in sacred cultures of the ancient people. It observes similarities and differences of bird-like images in traditional cultures of Mansi, Khanty, Selkup and other people of Siberia alongside their religious and mythological views.
totem, pticy, zhivotnye, obskie ugry, finno-ugorskie narody, shaman, kul't
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