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Asian Traditional People


This page links together resources at sacred-texts pertaining to traditional people of Asia, including Siberia and Southeast Asia.

Asia is also the origin of many of the most important and ancient world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

Siberia

It is worth noting that many of the Siberian traditions bear more than a passing resemblance to those of the Inuit and the Northwestern Native Americans.

Eskimo of Siberia
by Waldemar Bogoras [1913]

Chukchee Mythology
By Waldemar Bogoras [1910]
The Chukchee occupy the extreme north-eastern tip of Asia, adjacent to the Arctic Ocean and the Behring Strait.

Koryak Texts
by Waldemar Bogoras [1917]
This is a book of mythological texts from the Koryak people of Kamchatka.

Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia
by Waldemar Bogoras [1918]
This is a collection of folklore from Eastern Siberia.

Shamanism in Siberia from Aboriginal Siberia, by M. A. Czaplicka. [1914]
This is a comprehensive review of the ethographic literature concerning Shamanism in Sibera.

The Middle East

Devil Worship: The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz
by Isya Joseph [1919]

An Inquiry into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedees
by George Percy Badger [1852]
A short account of the Yezidis by a Christian Missionary.

Southeast Asia

Myths and Legends of the Andamans by A.R. Radcliffe-Brown [1922]
An excerpt from his classic ethnography, The Andaman Islanders.

Shaman, Saiva and Sufi
by R.O. Winstedt. [1925]
This is an ethographic account of spiritual practices in Malaysia at the start of the 20th century, which included Shamanism, Animism, Hindu and Islamic influences.

Japan

Ainu This section has books and texts about the Ainu people of Japan.