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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1974 - 8/31/1975

Funding Totals

$8,930.00 (approved)
$8,930.00 (awarded)

Finnish Shamans and Russian Volkhvy: A Study in Early Finno-Slavic Socio-Cultural Relations

FAIN: FB-12166-74

Russell Zguta
Mizzou (Columbia, MO 65211-3020)

To study the relationship between the Finnish shamans and the Russian volkhvy (priest-warlocks) as an introduction to a longer history of witchcraft in Russia. To date there is no study on this subject available in any language.