Adolf Friedrich (ethnologist)
Adolf Friedrich (born April 22, 1914 in Hofheim am Taunus ; † April 25, 1956 in Rawalpindi , Pakistan) was a German ethnologist (ethnologist). In 1955, together with Georg Buddrus , he published a collection of shaman's stories from Siberia , translated from Russian . He completed his habilitation under Hermann Baumann in Vienna in 1942 , taught at the Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt am Main and in 1947 was appointed to the newly created chair for ethnology at what is now the Institute for Ethnology and African Studies at the University of Mainz.
Fonts
- African priesthoods. Preliminary studies for an investigation. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1939.
- with Georg Buddrus: Shaman stories from Siberia. Barth, Munich-Planegg 1955.
literature
- Wilhelm Emil Mühlmann: Friedrich, Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 600 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Friedrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Shamanism outside Siberia, among the Eskimo, in South America, in Australia, Indonesia, Africa, Tibet. Comparative consideration of religious ideas in Siberia, Tibet and Old Iran. Lecture held at the University of Frankfurt am Main, winter semester 1947/1948 (antiquarian catalog)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hofheim am Taunus |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1956 |
| Place of death | Rawalpindi |