Finno-Ugric religion — Pre Christian belief systems of the Finno Ugric peoples, who lived in northern Scandinavia, Siberia, the Baltic region, and central Europe. Surviving Finno Ugric groups include the Sami (Lapps), Finns, Estonians, and Magyars. The geographic and… … Universalium
Mongoloid — redirects here. For the song by Devo, see Mongoloid (song). For the genetic disorder, see Down s Syndrome … Wikipedia
Siberia — • A Russian possession in Asia forming the northern third of that continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Siberia Siberia † … Catholic encyclopedia
Hungarian prehistory — See Pannonian basin before Hungary for the prehistory of Hungary (as opposed to the prehistory of the Hungarian people). The Tree of Life on an ancient Magyar sabertache (tarsoly) plate Hungarian prehistory (Hungarian: magyar őstörténet) refers… … Wikipedia
Slavic religion — Beliefs and religious practices of the ancient Slavic peoples of East Europe, including the Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Most Slavic mythologies hold that God ordered the devil to bring up a handful… … Universalium
Yugra — ( ru. Югра) was the name of the lands between the Pechora River and Northern Urals in the Russian annals of the 12th ndash;17th centuries, as well as the name of the Khanty and partly Mansi tribes inhabiting these territories. The difference… … Wikipedia
Uralic languages — Family of more than 30 languages spoken by some 25 million people in central and northern Eurasia. A primary division is between the Finno Ugric languages, which account for most of the languages and speakers, and the Samoyedic languages. The… … Universalium
Siberia, Western — The territory that lies to the east of the Ural Mountains is a vast lowland covered in taiga forest which extends toward the Arctic Ocean in the north and, to the east, to the network of rivers in the basin of the Ob, the largest Siberian… … Historical dictionary of shamanism
Finno-Ugrian — noun a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions) • Syn: ↑Finno Ugric • Hypernyms: ↑Uralic, ↑Uralic language • Hyponyms: ↑Fennic, ↑Finnic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ugric — adjective Date: 1854 of, relating to, or characteristic of the languages of the Ugrians … New Collegiate Dictionary
