Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)
Pásztor Emília: A bronzkori hidelmek és a természet kapcsolata a Kárpát-medencében
The Relationship of Bronze Age Beliefs and Nature in the Carpathian Basin Fig. 3. The sacrificial bullhead hidden in a rock fissure along the river indicates that the place is of special importance to local people. Mongolia. Photo: E. Pásztor 3. kép A folyó menti sziklahasadékban látható áldozati bikafej azt jelzi, hogy a hely különleges fontossággal bír a helyi emberek számára. Mongólia. people; the existence of cult centers that require priests and priestesses who perform regular worship or religious ceremonies related to different seasonal feasts (Maringer 1977). Such a stratification in a society certainly leaves traces in their material culture. However, the existence of such priesthood in the Bronze Age has not yet been identified in the Carpathian Basin. Perhaps ritual activities took place in a family environment, or in cases involving the whole community, it may have been the task of a shaman-like mediator who could also be the leader of the community, though not necessarily. Thus, if archaeological findings do not support the existence of a separated, built cultic place in a traditional community where specialized individuals acted, it seems reasonable to assume there was a shaman-like mediator who contacted the non-human worlds. The primary purpose of archeology is not to justify the existence of shamanism in the Bronze Age - it should be the subject of discussions among historians of religion - but to decide whether the spiritual and material legacy of shamanism described in anthropological / ethnographic research can be used to interpret archaeological findings. ^***********SK****Sa**^ 07
