RAS History & PhilologyРоссийская археология Russian archeology

  • ISSN (Print) 0869-6063
  • ISSN (Online) 3034-5774

The Cult of Writing and the Magic of Literacy in the North-West Caucasus (Forms, Origins, and the Sufi Factor)

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S0869-54150000460-9-
DOI
10.7868/S50000460-9-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
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Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 6
Pages
139-149
Abstract
The article examines magic perceptions and occult practices related to the culture of literacy and writing and the spreading of Sufism among a number of peoples of the North-West Caucasus (Abaza, Adyghe, Balkar, Karachay, Nogai) in the contemporary epoch.
Keywords
Sufi , tariqa, sheikh, du’a, treatise, charm, power
Date of publication
01.11.2013
Year of publication
2013
Number of purchasers
1
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643

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