Tadibya

'''Tadibya''' (''tádyebya''; {{langx|ru|тадебя}}) is the mediator between the ordinary world and the upper- and underworlds of the spirits among the Nenets people. The Nenets rank their shamans by their spiritual attachment and function as well as their experience.

==Categories== The following categories of Nenets shamans are listed by Mihaly Hoppal, who cites research conducted by L. Khomitch and Leonid A. Lar.<ref>Hoppál, Mihály: ''Sámánok Eurázsiában (Shamans in Eurasia)''. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2005 {{ISBN|963-05-8295-3}}</ref> * ''Vidutana'', strong shamans standing in contact with the upper world * ''Yanyani tadebya'', shamans belonging to the earth * ''Sambana'' shamans, shamans able to receive messages from dead people and to perform other rituals concerning the dead.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{in lang|en}} [http://www.taraka.pl/shamaedu.htm ''The Process of Education of the Nenets Shamans'', by Leonid A. Lar] * {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.zaimka.ru/religion/lar1.shtml ''The Nenets Shamans'', by Leonid A. Lar] * [http://www.uta.fi/~kpjani/nengcont.htm Jarkko Niemi: The types of the Nenets songs. 1997] * [http://www.uta.fi/~kpjani/ng23.htm The shamanistic songs] * [http://www.uta.fi/~kpjani/ng231.htm Sámbadabts]

Category:Nenets people Category:Religious occupations Category:Siberian shamanism

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