Chinggis Khan: Ancestor, Buddha or Shaman?

Isabelle Charleux (1)

1 GSRL - Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités

This article explores some past and present visual images of Chinggis Khan in order to better understand how religious and lay authorities manipulated and distorted his image to make it serve ritual purposes that bolstered their power.

Mots clés: Chinggis Khan; Mongolia; Inner Mongolia; Buddhism; Shamanism; Mongolian religion; state cult; portrait; ancestral cult

Mots clés: Mongolie; Mongolie Intérieure; bouddhisme; chamanisme; religion mongole; culte d'Etat; culte aux ancêtres

Domaines: Art et histoire de l'art

Isabelle Charleux. Chinggis Khan: Ancestor, Buddha or Shaman?: On the uses and abuses of the portrait of Chinggis Khan. Mongolian studies, 2009, 31, pp.207-258. ⟨halshs-00613828⟩