Mongush Borachowitsch Kenin-Lopsan
Mongush kenin-lopsan ( Russian Монгуш Борахович Кенин-Лопсан , scientific transliteration Mongus Borachovič Kenin-Lopsan * 10. April 1925 in Tschasch Valley, Sumon Chondergei (now Koschuun Tschöön-Khemchik River) Tuvan People's Republic ) is a Russian historian, writer and poet who deals with Siberian shamanism . He lives in Kyzyl , the capital of Tuva .
Life
He comes from a family of nomads , ranchers, blacksmiths, storytellers and shamans . After completing elementary school in Chadan and high school in Kyzyl, he studied philology and history in Leningrad . He did his doctorate in Oriental Studies, as it was called at the time, and returned to Tuva as a teacher of Tuvan and Russian languages and literature. For a short time he also worked as an editor of a magazine and as an editor for a publishing house.
He founded the shamanic society Düngür (" shaman drum ") and led research trips inland together with scientists, in 1993 with the Finnish ethnologist and filmmaker Heimo Lappalainen (1944–1994), in 1994 with the American anthropologist Bill Brunton and the Austrian ethnologist Gabriele Weiss .
He lives with his wife Larisa Petrovna and his daughters Marina Moguschewna and Anna Monguschewna in Kyzyl. For his services to research into Tuvan shamanism, he received the honorary title Living Treasure from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies . Throughout his life he collected myths, legends, chants and algyshtar (shaman's songs) from storytellers, nomads, shepherds and sovkhoz workers, from poets and actors. Because of his advocacy for the shamanic tradition of Tuwas, he was politically persecuted in the Soviet era. His grandmother, Kuular Chandyschap, a well-known grand shaman, died in a gulag shortly after returning from 15 years in prison .
His literary work includes more than 60 books (novels, short stories, volumes of poetry, scientific monographs) and several hundred essays on Tuvan folklore and Tuvin shamanism. The best-known book titles include The Great Way , The Currents of the Great River and The Horse Shepherd's Yurt .
Fonts (selection)
- Shaman stories from Tuva . Lamuv, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-88977-693-8 .
- Shaman chants from Tuva . Lamuv, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-88977-694-5 .
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| SURNAME | Kenin-Lopsan, Mongush Borachowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kenin-Lopsan, Monguš Borachovič; Кенин-Лопсан, Монгуш Борахович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian historian, writer, poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tschasch Valley, Sumon Chondergei, Tuvinian People's Republic |