THE QUESTION OF FIGURES DISTINCTION FOLK-HEALERS AND SORCERERS IN RESEARCH OF MAGICAL PRACTICES OF THE EASTERN SLAVS

Abstract

ABSTRACT The article provides an overview and analysis of the main approaches adopted in modern Russian anthropology to refer ethnophors, engaged in traditional magical practices, an attempt to find out whether it is possible to create a unified classification. Keywords: East Slavs, sorcerer, folk-healer (witch doctor), classification, research.