Folklore vol. 45

Electronic Journal of Folklore

2010/02 ISSN 1406-0949

Shaman, Psychoanalyst or Obstetrician: A Critical Reading of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ Essay “The Efficiency of Symbols” 7
Staffan Mjönes

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.mjones

Healers and Healing Skills in the Ryzhkovo Vironian Community 27
Anu Korb

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.korb

The Heavenly Cow Rupan and the Festival of Ceremonial Torture Gai-Goheri: Myth, Rituals and Sacrifice among the People of the Bhil Tribe of Western India 47
Sarita Sahay

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.sahay

Dog Sacrifice in Ancient and Modern Greece: From the Sacrifice Ritual to Dog Torture (kynomartyrion) 61
Manolis G. Sergis

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.sergis

The Moche Lima Beans Recording System, Revisited 89
Tomi S. Melka

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.melka

About the Comparison of the State Authority and Social Organization by Incas and Aztecs 137
Tarmo Kulmar

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.kulmar

Sagnagrunnur: A New Database of Icelandic Folk Legends in Print 151
Terry Gunnell

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.gunnell

Some Reflections on the Savara's Ethnomedicine 163
L. Madan Mohan

doi:10.7592/FEJF2010.45.mohan

 News in brief
IUAES 16th World Congress in China - Rahel Laura Vesik [173]
3rd Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Proverbs in Tavira - Anneli Baran [175]
The 2nd All-Russian Conference of Folklorists in Moscow - Anu Korb [176]
President’s Folklore Awards 2009 - Astrid Tuisk [177]
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 Book review
Reception of Fairy-Tales - Kärri Toomeos-Orglaan [180]
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 List of contributors
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Electronic Journal of Folklore
Folklore
vol. 45. 2010

ISSN 1406-0949
Published by: FB and Media Group of LM
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