Mongol Women's Encounters with Eurasian Religions

• Published in: Women in Mongol Iran pp. 182 - 241
• Main Author: De Nicola, Bruno
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Edinburgh University Press 08.03.2017
• Subjects: Anthropology; Applied arts; Applied sociology; Architecture; Arts; Behavioral sciences; Buddhism; Buildings; Christianity; Clergy; Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500; Ethnic groups; Ethnography; Ethnology; Ethnoreligious groups; Institutional buildings; Islam; Jewish studies; Judaism; Middle Eastern history; Monks; Muslims; Practical theology; Religion; Religious buildings; Religious conversion; Religious practices; Religious rituals; Sociology; Sociology of religion; Spiritual belief systems; Spiritual leaders; Sufism; Theology

Although there is an extensive secondary bibliography dealing with different aspects of religion in the Mongol Empire, it is relevant to highlight the fact that the Mongols had their own native set of beliefs and practices generally referred to as shamanism that were shared by the majority of the no...