Definition of Shamenism
Shamanism, the religion of the native savage races of North Siberia,
being a belief in spirits, both good and evil, who can be persuaded to
bless or curse by the incantations of a Priest called a Shaman.
- Wikipedia
Sha"man*ism (?), n. The type of
religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples
(Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various
parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good
as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of
ancestors. Encyc. Brit.
Sha"man*ism (?), n. The type of
religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples
(Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various
parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good
as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of
ancestors. Encyc. Brit.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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