L’ambiguità del teonimo poliano Natigay-Načigay

Abstract

This contribution offers an in-depth discussion of the Polian theonym Natigay-Načigay, highlighting its relation with theonyms and shamanistic terms occurring in the European travel literature and/or in Turkic and Mongolic sources.

Keywords

• Altaic philology. Etymology. Marco Polo Studies. Mongolian philology. Shamanism