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shamanism
(encz) | shamanism,šamanizmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shamanism
(gcide) | Shamanism \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.
[1913 Webster] |
shamanism
(wn) | shamanism
n 1: any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism
(especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
2: an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that
the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is
effected by shamans [syn: shamanism, Asian shamanism] |
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shamanism
(encz) | shamanism,šamanizmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
asian shamanism
(wn) | Asian shamanism
n 1: an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief
that the mediation between the visible and the spirit
worlds is effected by shamans [syn: shamanism, {Asian
shamanism}] |
shamanism
(wn) | shamanism
n 1: any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism
(especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
2: an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that
the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is
effected by shamans [syn: shamanism, Asian shamanism] |
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