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Which home rituals could women supervise in Finno-Ugric communities?
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In Finno-Ugric communities, while the male head of the family typically held the primary responsibility for leading home and family cults, women were permitted to supervise certain minor home rituals. Specifically, women oversaw rituals related to cattle breeding, which included making offerings to the guardian spirit of the cattle shed and the forest.1