The Samoïedes, the neighbors of the Laplanders, are still farther removed from civilized6 society, and plunged7 in even deeper barbarism. The wildest tundras8 and woods of Northern Russia and Western Siberia are the home of the Samoïede. With his reindeer9 herds11 he wanders over the naked wastes, from the eastern coast of the White Sea to the banks of the Chatanga, or hunts in the boundless12 forests between the Obi and the Jenissei. His intercourse13 with the Russians is confined to his annual visit at the fairs of such miserable14 settlements as Obdorsk and Pustosersk, where, far from improving by their company, he but too often becomes the prey15 of their avarice16, and learns to know them merely as cheats and oppressors. Protestant missionaries19 have long since brought instruction to the Laplander’s hut, but the majority of the less fortunate Samoïedes still adhere to the gross superstitions20 of their fathers. They believe in a Supreme21 Being—Num, or Jilibeambaertje—who resides in the air, and, like the Jupiter of old, sends down thunder and lightning, rain and snow; and as a proof that something of a poetic22 fancy is to be found even among the most savage23 nations, they call the rainbow “the hem17 of his garment.” As this deity24, however, is too far removed from them to leave them any hope of gaining180 his favor, they never think of offering him either prayer or sacrifice. But, besides Num, there are a great many inferior spirits, or idols, who directly interfere25 in human concerns—capricious beings, who allow themselves to be influenced by offerings, or yield to magical incantations; and to these, therefore, the Samoïede has recourse when he feels the necessity of invoking26 the aid or averting27 the wrath28 of a higher Power.
The chief of all Samoïede idols is in the island of Waygatz—a cold and melancholy29 Delos—where it was already found by old Barentz. This idol2 is a mere18 block of stone, with its head tapering30 to a point. It has thus been fashioned, not by a mortal artist, but by a play of nature. After this original the Samoïedes have formed many idols of stone or wood of various sizes, which they call “Sjadæi,” from their possessing a human physiognomy (sja). These idols they dress in reindeer skins, and ornament31 them with all sorts of colored rags. But a resemblance to the human form is not the necessary attribute of a Samoïede idol; any irregularly-shaped stone or tree may be thus distinguished32. If the object is small, the savage carries it every where about with him, carefully wrapped up; if too cumbersome33 to be transported, it is reserved as a kind of national deity. As with the Ostiaks, each Samoïede tribe has in its train a peculiar34 sledge35—the Hahengan—in which the household idols (or Hahe) are placed. One of these Penates protects the reindeer, another watches over the health of his worshippers, a third is the guardian36 of their connubial37 happiness, a fourth takes care to fill their nets with fish. Whenever his services are required, the Hahe is taken from his repository, and erected38 in the tent or on the pasture-ground, in the wood or on the river’s bank. His mouth is then smeared39 with oil or blood, and a dish with fish or flesh is set before him, in the full expectation that his good offices will amply repay the savory40 repast. When his aid is no longer necessary, he is put aside without any further ceremony, and as little noticed as the Madonna of the Neapolitan fisherman after the storm has ceased.
The Hahe, or idols, are very convenient objects of reverence to the Samoïede, as he can consult them, or ask their assistance, without being initiated41 in the secrets of magic; while the Tadebtsios, or invisible spirits, which everywhere hover42 about in the air, and are more inclined to injure than to benefit man, can only be invoked43 by a Tadibe, or sorcerer, who, like the Cumæan Sibyl, works himself into a state of ecstatic frenzy44. When his services are required, the first care of the Tadibe is to invest himself with his magical mantle—a kind of shirt made of reindeer leather, and hemmed45 with red cloth. The seams are covered in a similar manner, and the shoulders are decorated with epaulettes of the same gaudy46 material. A piece of red cloth veils the eyes and face—for the Tadibe requires no external organs of sight to penetrate47 into the world of spirits—and a plate of polished metal shines upon his breast.
Thus accoutred, the Tadibe seizes his magical drum, whose sounds summon the spirits to his will. Its form is round, it has but one bottom, made of reindeer skin, and is more or less decorated with brass48 rings and other ornaments49, according to the wealth or poverty of its possessor. During the ceremony of invocation, the Tadibe is generally assisted by a disciple50, more or less initiated181 in the magic art. They either sit down, or walk about in a circle. The chief sorcerer beats the drum, at first slowly, then with increasing violence, singing at the same time a few words to a mystic melody. The disciple immediately falls in, and both repeat the same monotonous51 chant.
At length the spirits appear, and the consultation52 is supposed to begin; the Tadibe from time to time remaining silent, as if listening to their answers, and but gently beating his drum, while the assistant continues to sing. Finally, this mute conversation ceases, the song changes into a wild howling, the drum is violently struck, the eye of the Tadibe glows with a strange fire, foam53 issues from his lips—when suddenly the uproar54 ceases, and the oracular sentence is pronounced. The Tadibes are consulted not only for the purpose of recovering a strange reindeer, or to preserve the herd10 from a contagious55 disorder56, or to obtain success in fishing; the Samoïede, when a prey to illness, seeks no other medical advice; and the sorcerer’s drum either scares away the malevolent57 spirits that cause the malady58, or summons others to the assistance of his patient.
The office of Tadibe is generally hereditary59, but individuals gifted by nature with excitable nerves and an ardent60 imagination not seldom desire to be initiated in these supernatural communications. No one can teach the candidate. His morbid61 fancy is worked upon by solitude62, the contemplation of the gloomy aspect of nature, long vigils, fasts, the use of narcotics63 and stimulants64, until he becomes persuaded that he too has seen the apparitions65 which he has heard of from his boyhood. He is then received as a Tadibe with many ceremonies, which are held in the silence of the night, and invested with the magic drum. Thus the Tadibe partly believes in the visions and fancies of his own overheated brain. Besides dealing66 with the invisible world, he does not neglect the usual arts of an expert conjuror67, and knows by this means to increase his influence over his simple-minded countrymen. One of his commonest tricks is similar to that which has been practised with so much success by the Brothers Davenport. He sits down, with his hands and feet bound, on a reindeer skin stretched out upon the floor, and, the light being removed, begins to summon the ministering spirits to his aid. Strange unearthly noises now begin to be heard—bears growl68, snakes hiss69, squirrels rustle70 about the hut. At length the tumult71 ceases, the audience anxiously awaits the end of the spectacle, when suddenly the Tadibe, freed from his bonds, steps into the hut—no one doubting that the spirits have set him free.
As barbarous as the poor wretches72 who submit to his guidance, the Tadibe is incapable73 of improving their moral condition, and has no wish to do so. Under various names—Schamans among the Tungusi, Angekoks among the Esquimaux, medicine-men among the Crees and Chepewyans, etc.—we find similar magicians or impostors assuming a spiritual dictatorship over all the Arctic nations of the Old and the New World, wherever their authority has not been broken by Christianity or Buddhism74; and this dreary75 faith still extends its influence over at least half a million of souls, from the White Sea to the extremity76 of Asia, and from the Pacific to Hudson’s Bay.
Like the Ostiaks and other Siberian tribes, the Samoïedes honor the memory of the dead by sacrifices and other ceremonies. They believe that their deceased182 friends have still the same wants, and pursue the same occupations, as when in the land of the living; and thus they place in or about their graves a sledge, a spear, a cooking-pot, a knife, an axe77, etc., to assist them in procuring78 and preparing their food. At the funeral, and for several years afterwards, the relations sacrifice reindeer over the grave. When a person of note, a prince, a Starschina, the proprietor79 of numerous herds of reindeer, dies (for even among the miserable Samoïedes we find the social distinctions of rich and poor), the nearest relations make an image, which is placed in the tent of the deceased, and enjoys the respect paid to him during his lifetime. At every meal the image is placed in his former seat, and every evening it is undressed and laid down in his bed. During three years the image is thus honored, and then buried; for by this time the body is supposed to be decayed, and to have lost all sensation of the past. The souls of the Tadibes, and of those who have died a violent death, alone enjoy the privilege of immortality80, and after their terrestrial life hover about in the air as unsubstantial spirits.
Yet in spite of this privilege, and of the savory morsels81 that fall to their share at every sacrificial feast, or of the presents received for their services, the Tadibes are very unhappy beings. The ecstatic condition into which they so frequently work themselves shatters their nerves and darkens their mind. Wild looks, bloodshot eyes, an uncertain gait, and a shy manner, are among the effects of this periodical excitement.
Like the Ostiaks, the Samoïedes consider the taking of an oath as an action of the highest religious importance. When a crime has been secretly committed against a Samoïede, he has the right to demand an oath from the suspected person.
If no wooden or stone Hahe is at hand, he manufactures one of earth or snow, leads his opponent to the image, sacrifices a dog, breaks the image, and then addresses him with the following words:—“If thou hast committed this crime, then must thou perish like this dog.” The ill consequences of perjury83 are so much dreaded84 by the Samoïedes—who, though they have but very faint ideas of a future state, firmly believe that crime will be punished in this life, murder with violent death, or robbery by losses of reindeer—that the true criminal, when called upon to swear, hardly ever submits to the ceremony, but rather at once confesses his guilt85 and pays the penalty.
The most effectual security for an oath is that it should be solemnized over the snout of a bear—an animal which is highly revered86 by all the Siberian tribes, from the Kamchatkans to the Samoïedes, as well as by the Laplanders. Like the Laplanders, they believe that the bear conceals87 under his shaggy coat a human shape with more than human wisdom, and speak of him in terms of the highest reverence. Like the Lapps also, when occasion offers, they will drive an arrow or a bullet through his skin; but they preface the attack with so many compliments that they feel sure of disarming88 his anger.
The appearance of the Samoïedes is as wild as the country which they inhabit. The dwarfish89 stature90 of the Ostiak, or the Lapp, thick lips, small eyes, a low forehead, a broad nose so much flattened91 that the end is nearly upon a level with the bone of the upper jaw92 (which is strong and greatly elevated),183 raven-black shaggy hair, a thin beard, and a yellow-brown complexion93, are their characteristic features, and in general they do nothing to improve a form which has but little natural beauty to boast of. The Samoïede is satisfied if his heavy reindeer dress affords him protection against the cold and rain, and cares little if it be dirty or ill-cut; some dandies, however, wear furs trimmed with cloth of a gaudy color. The women, as long as they are unmarried, take some pains with their persons; and when a Samoïede girl, with her small and lively black eyes, appears in her reindeer jacket tightly fitting round the waist, and trimmed with dog-skin, in her scarlet94 moccasins, and her long black tresses ornamented95 with pieces of brass or tin, she may well tempt96 some rich admirer to offer a whole herd of reindeer for her hand. For among the Samoïedes no father ever thinks of bestowing97 a portion on his daughter: on the contrary, he expects from the bridegroom an equivalent for the services which he is about to lose by her marriage. The consequence of this degrading custom is that the husband treats his consort98 like a slave, or as an inferior being. A Samoïede, who had murdered his wife, was quite surprised at being summoned before a court of justice for what he considered a trifling99 offense100; “he had honestly paid for her,” he said, “and could surely do what he liked with his own.”
The senses and faculties101 of the Samoïedes correspond to their mode of life as nomads102 and hunters. They have a piercing eye, delicate hearing, and a steady hand: they shoot an arrow with great accuracy, and are swift runners. On the other hand, they have a gross taste, generally consuming their fish or their reindeer flesh raw; and their smell is so weak that they appear quite insensible to the putrefying odors arising from the scrapings of skins, stinking103 fish, and other offal which is allowed to accumulate in and about their huts.
The Samoïede is good-natured, melancholy, and phlegmatic104. He has, indeed, but indistinct notions of right and wrong, of good and evil; but he possesses a grateful heart, and is ready to divide his last morsel82 with his friend. Cruelty, revenge, the darker crimes that pollute so many of the savage tribes of the tropical zone, are foreign to his character. Constantly at war with a dreadful climate, a prey to ignorance and poverty, he regards most of the things of this life with supreme indifference105. A good meal is of course a matter of importance in his eyes; but even the want of a meal he will bear with stoical apathy106, when it can only be gained by exertion107, for he sets a still higher value on repose108 and sleep.
A common trait in the character of all Samoïedes is the gloomy view which they take of life and its concerns; their internal world is as cheerless as that which surrounds them. True men of ice and snow, they relinquish109, without a murmur110, a life which they can hardly love, as it imposes upon them many privations, and affords them but few pleasures in return.
They are suspicious, like all oppressed nations that have much to suffer from their more crafty111 or energetic neighbors. Obstinately112 attached to their old customs, they are opposed to all innovations; and they have been so often deceived by the Russians, that they may well be pardoned if they look with a mistrustful eye upon all benefits coming from that source.
The wealth of the Samoïedes consists in the possession of herds of reindeer,184 and P. von Krusenstern, in 1845, calculated the number owned by the Samoïedes of the Lower Petschora, near Pustosersk, at 40,000 head—a much smaller number than what they formerly113 had, owing to a succession of misfortunes. The Russian settlers along that immense stream and its tributaries114 gradually obtain possession of their best pasture-grounds, and force them to recede115 within narrower and narrower limits. Thus many have been reduced to the wretched condition of the Arctic fisherman, or have been compelled to exchange their ancient independence for a life of submission116 to the will of an imperious master.
The entire number of the European and Asiatic Samoïedes is estimated at no more than about 10,000, and this number, small as it is when compared to the vast territory over which they roam, is still decreasing from year to year. Before their subjugation117 by the Russians, the Samoïedes were frequently at war with their neighbors, the Ostiaks, the Woguls, and the Tartars, and the rude poems which celebrate the deeds of the heroes of old are still sung in the tents of their peaceful descendants. The minstrel, or troubadour—if I may be allowed to use these names while speaking of the rudest of mankind—is seated in the centre of the hut, while the audience squat118 around. His gesticulations endeavor to express his sympathy with his hero. His body trembles, his voice quivers, and during the more pathetic parts of his story, tears start to his eyes, and he covers his face with his left hand, while the right, holding an arrow, directs its point to the ground. The audience generally keep silence, but their groans119 accompany the hero’s death; or when he soars upon an eagle to the clouds, and thus escapes the malice120 of his enemies, they express their delight by a triumphant121 shout.

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偶像( idol的名词复数 ); 受崇拜的人或物; 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物; 神像 | |
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missionaries
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poetic
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consultation
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