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Kerezsi Ágnes: Az állatáldozat jellegzetességei az oroszországi finnugor népeknél
The characteristics of animal sacrifice of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia Fig. 3. Sufiyarova Katima Garifuliovna with bread and butter in her hand. She offers these to the dead when she tells the family prayer called „kuriskon" for honor of the ancestors. She tells prayer in front of the house, facing to the street. Made in Baskfria, Kurgak village, December 1,1991. Photo: Ágnes Kerezsi 3. kép. Szufijárova Katima Garifuliovna kenyérrel és vajjal a kezében. Ezeket ajánlja fel a holtaknak, mikor elmondja az ősök tiszteletére tartott családi imát. Neve'kuriskon". Az imát a ház előtt, arccal az utca felé mondja el. Készült Baskíria, Kurgak falu, 1991. december 1. Készítette: Kerezsi Ágnes Just like fire, trees also played a similar role in sacrificial rituals. In the imagination of people, trees were the way to the spirits. This mediator role is the reason, and interpretation, for the widespread custom of hanging the skull and the skin with the legs of animal sacrifice on a tree or a pole. They were left there for the spirits. In addition to colour, the number of sacrificial animals was also an important symbol. One, two or three animals were sufficient for individual sacrifice, depending on the offerer's financial situation. In case of a collective ceremony, for example, at the Ob-Ugrians at least seven animals were needed. There are several other features of sacrificial ceremonies that have a symbolic function. For example, special symbols were used if the sacrifice was offered by the whole community. Occasionally, the animals were jointly killed during the ceremony. The presentation of the sacrifice was accompanied by verbal formulas, which described 238 //////////////////////////Щ^^
