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Webster 1913 Edition
Shamanism
Sha′man-ism
,Noun.
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.
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Definition 2024
shamanism
shamanism
English
Noun
shamanism (countable and uncountable, plural shamanisms)
- Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; animism, Asatru, Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Christianity, Confucianism, deism, Druidry, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, religious humanism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, LaVeyanism, Luciferianism, New Age, paganism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, santería, Scientology, shamanism, Shinto, Sikhism, Spiritism, Taoism, Tengrism, Tenrikyo, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations
range of traditional beliefs
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