TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - A person as a composite entity Telengit perspectives
JO  - Journal of consciousness studies
A1  - Halemba, A.
A1  - Tyukhteneva, S.
SP  - 166
EP  - 176
VL  - 30
IS  - 5-6
N2  - In this article, we present ethnographic material collected among the Telengits, mainly in the Kosh-Agach district of the Republic of Altai (Russian Federation). Analysis of Telengit concepts and practices shows a person as a complex network of relations and therefore a composite entity. Each of the terms that the Telengits use and which could be translated as 'soul' corresponds to various aspects, potentialities, and powers of a person; at the same time, a person is also a part of a larger composite entity -- Altai. It is easier to grasp the Telengit way of acting and conceptualizing the world if we see those notions as tools that help people to come to terms with particular situations and tasks and not as a structured set of mental representations. © 2023, Imprint Academic. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-8250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.53765/20512201.30.5.166
ID  - ref1
ER  -