You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.


Shamanism

Translation
Shamanism
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]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Shamanism — • A vague term used by explorers of Siberia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to designate not a specific religion but a form of savage magic or science, by which physical nature was believed to be brought under the control of man… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • shamanism — noun шаманизм …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • shamanism — 1> шаманство (первобытная религия северных народностей, основанная на анимизме) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Shamanism — Shaman redirects here. For other uses, see Shaman (disambiguation). Russian postcard based on a photo taken in 1908 by S. I. Borisov, showing a female shaman, of probable Khakas ethnicity.[1] Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a… …   Wikipedia

  • shamanism — shamanist, n., adj. shamanistic, adj. /shah meuh niz euhm, shay , sham euh /, n. 1. the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans. 2. any similar religion. [1770 80; SHAMAN… …   Universalium

  • Shamanism — шаманство (первобытная религия северных народностей, основанная на анимизме) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • shamanism — сущ. шаманизм …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • shamanism — noun Date: 1780 a religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans; also any similar religion •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shamanism — noun a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world …   Wiktionary

  • Shamanism among Eskimo peoples — refers to those aspects of the various Eskimo cultures that are related to the shamans’ role as a mediator between people and spirits, souls, and mythological beings. Such beliefs and practices were once widespread among Eskimo groups, but today… …   Wikipedia