Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Spirit World of Northern Shamanism 3. Nature Worship 4. Ancestor and Fertility Worship 5. Blood Sacrifice and Fire Rituals 6. Rituals for Nature Deities 7. Introduction 8.Tangse and Jia Rituals 9. Northern Shamanic Divination 10. The Northern Mythic Heritage 11. The Manchu Creation Myth War in Heaven 12. Tribal Myths and Ancestor Worship 13. Spirit Idols 14. The Northern Shaman

About the Author

Fu Yuguang, a native Manchu scholar of shamanic and Manchu studies from the Jilin Institute for Ethnology, has been committed to ethnological and anthropological research on the myths, rituals, and cultures of Altaic peoples in northern China for over 50 years and published many influential works.