широко было распространено гадание с помощью лопаточной кости крупных парнокопытных животных: лосей, снежных баранов, северных оленей, а также таких мелких зверей как заяц. Кроме гадания на кости животных, существуют различные гадания и на костях рыб и птиц. Обряд гадания, как один из элементов культуры кочевых народов, требует дальнейшего изучения.
Ключевые слова: гадание, эвены, лопаточная кость, лоси, снежные бараны, зайцы, дикие олени, куропатки, кости рыб.
Divination rites using bones among Even people
The article discusses various types of divination among the small-numbered peoples of the North, which the author collected during fieldwork in the Mom and Allaihovsky districts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), as well as materials from the archives of the Yakutsk Scientific Center. The article describes fortune-telling rituals that are still preserved in the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North - Evens. Various parts of animal bones are used in divination. Among the peoples of the North and the Far East was widespread divination with the shovel bone of large pair-hoofed animals: moose, snow rams, reindeer, as well as small animals such as hare. Besides divination on animal bones, there are various divinations on fish and bird bones. The rite of divination as one of the elements of culture of nomadic peoples requires further study.
Keywords: divination, Evenes, shovel bone, elk, snow sheep, hare, wild deer, partridge, fish bone.
