Phedangma

E820713

Phedangma is a traditional ritual specialist and religious practitioner within the Kirat Mundhum indigenous belief system of the Kirati people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Phedangma canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious practitioner ⓘ
religious role ⓘ
ritual specialist ⓘ
alsoFoundIn Darjeeling ⓘ
India ⓘ
Sikkim ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Kirat ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Kirati people ⓘ
linked to: Kirati peoples
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalSignificance preserver of indigenous cosmology ⓘ
symbol of Kirati identity ⓘ
gender often male ⓘ
knowledgeSource ancestral teachings ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
languageContext Kirati languages ⓘ
linked to: Kiranti languages
perceivedAs diviner ⓘ
shamanic figure ⓘ
spiritual healer ⓘ
performs agricultural rituals ⓘ
ancestor worship rituals ⓘ
community rituals ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
life‑cycle rituals ⓘ
propitiation of deities and spirits ⓘ
protective rituals for households ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
practicesWithin Kirat Mundhum ⓘ
region Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
religionType indigenous belief system ⓘ
religiousFunction maintains balance between humans, nature, and spirits ⓘ
religiousTradition Mundhum ⓘ
requires apprenticeship ⓘ
initiation ⓘ
roleInCommunity custodian of oral tradition ⓘ
mediator between humans and spirits ⓘ
ritual leader ⓘ
status respected elder in community ⓘ
transmits Mundhum texts ⓘ
myths and legends ⓘ
ritual knowledge ⓘ
usesMedium chants ⓘ
oral recitation ⓘ
sacred narratives ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.