On the territory of Ieniseï in Central Siberia live people of different linguistic families, from the North to the South: Samoyed, Tungus and others of Turkish languages. Reindeer and sheep are essential as resources in subsistence and in the economy of the region. We tried to show similarities in acquisition and consumption of the meat and the lack of limit between ordinary and ritual practices.
Ieniseï, sheep, reindeer, killing, consumption.