The Bullroarer Atlas

Records by area · 19 records

Bullroarer records — Siberia

Bullroarer record pages from Siberia, grouped by present-day country. Each page keeps the record text, source line, image credit, and a link back to the same point on the interactive map.

Shared traditions: Siberia

Russia 19

  1. Amur master's bullroarer (Nikolai Nikolaevich U, 2005)Amur basin / Khabarovsk krai · Play / practical
  2. Devil's Gate nephrite blades, two cord-wornc. 5750–4750 BC · Primorsky Krai, Dalnegorsk district, Russia; Chertovy Vorota (Devil's Gate) cave, Rudnaya culture (c. 5050–4550 BC) · Function not recorded
  3. Chukchi vyutkunen storm howlerChukotka / northeastern Siberia · Weather / fertility magic
  4. Enets posi / vyrvyr wind-calling whirlerTaimyr / lower Yenisei (forest and tundra Enets) · Weather / fertility magic
  5. Even owl-speaking bullroarer North AsiaEast Siberia / northern Yakutia · Sacred / spirit
  6. Amur Evenki wind-summoning rotated aerophoneAmur basin (Priamurye), Russian Far East · Weather / fertility magic
  7. Itelmen Kovran Tigil plate-on-string aerophoneWestern Kamchatka / Kovran and Tigil · Function not recorded
  8. Khanty vot vokhty asking-for-wind whirler (Kazym)Kazym river, Beloyarsky district, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; dialect terms also from the Salym, Vakh-Vasyugan and Surgut Khanty · Weather / fertility magic
  9. Kondon nephrite blesny / Lower Amur slat-lurec. 3350–3050 BC · Kondon / Kondon-Pochta, Lower Amur, Khabarovsk Krai · Function not recorded
  10. Mansi Shchekurya wind-calling flying boardKhanty-Mansi / Yugra / Berezovsky District · Weather / fertility magic
  11. Nenets northwest Siberia ritual bullroarerNorthwest Siberia · Sacred / spirit
  12. Nganasan biakhery wind howlerTaimyr Peninsula / Avam tundra · Weather / fertility magic
  13. Novopokrovka nephrite slat-luresc. 5000–3000 BC · Middle Amur / Amur Oblast; Novopokrovka or Novopokrovskoe route · Function not recorded
  14. Sakha isiirer swung hummerCentral Yakutia · Play / practical
  15. Sakha kuurt / kyugyunei whirrer, Gurvich collection (Zhilinda)Olenek ulus, northwestern Yakutia · Play / practical
  16. Siberian Eskimo eïnètkoutchin bullroarerChukotka / northeastern Siberia · Play / practical
  17. Teleut herders' swung gudelki (Sheikin school)Bekovo area, Kemerovo Oblast (Teleut homeland, south Siberia) · Play / practical
  18. Tuvan khirilee performance bullroarerTuva · Play / practical
  19. Mongol/Tuvan jada rain-stone bullroarerTuva / Soyot and Mongol-Inner Asian jada-zada complex · Weather / fertility magic