Animism, the ratio of natural and cultural in the worldview of the Tuvans

Zykin Alexey Vladimirovich

The presented work is devoted to the study of culture and people’s self-awareness of the indigenous South-Siberian ethnos and is a continuation of a series of previous works devoted to other peoples of this region, the specificity of their language, cultural identity and the distinctive features of the processes they undergo. The work focuses on the issue of animism, the ratio of natural and cultural in the worldview of the Tuvans.

Keywords:culture, national identity, ethnicity, spirits, animism, environmental consciousness, metareligion consciousness.