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On Some Pre-Islamic Beliefs among the Gidatli-Avars

In: Iran and the Caucasus
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Akhmed Osmanov Dagestan Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala

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Magomedkhabib Seferbekov Dagestan Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala

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Ruslan Seferbekov Dagestan Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala

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22 Jun 2018
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The paper describes several interesting details from the rich repository of folk beliefs, cults, rites and ceremonies of obviously pre-Islamic nature, recorded among the Gidatlis. The latter are a sub-ethnic group of the Avars living in the Shamil region of Dagestan.

Title:
On Some Pre-Islamic Beliefs among the Gidatli-Avars
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-20180204
Language:
English
Pages:
155–159
Keywords:
Gidatli-Avars; Pre-Islamic Folk Traditions in Dagestan; Dagestani Demons
In:
Iran and the Caucasus
In:
Volume 22: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-384X
Print ISSN:
1609-8498
Subjects:
Central Asia, Asian Studies, History & Culture, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Iran & Persian Studies

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