Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture, Volume 2

Ainu ancestors ancient animal belief black shamans body Buddhist Buryat Buryat Shamanism called century ceremony chants Cheju Chepang China Chinese clan costume cult culture dance Darkhad dead death deer deities divine dreams drum Edited entry ethnic Eurasia Evenki evil spirits female shamans funeral further reading gods groups healers healing Hmong Hokkaido human hunting illness initiation Islam itako Kalmyk kamisama Kazak Khakass Korean Korean shamanism lama language living magic male Manchu mediumship miko Mongolian Mongolian Shamanic Mongols mountain nomadic oracles Oroqen performed person practitioners prayers priestesses priests Puyuma Qiang References and further region reindeer religion religious rites role Russian sacred Sakha scholars séance shamanic practices shamanic traditions Shamanism References shamanistic shrine Shugendō shugenja Siberia Siberian Shamanism social society soul spirit mediums spirit possession Studies symbolic Tajik Teleut Tibetan tion trance Tsugaru Tungus Turkic Tuvan Tuvan Shamanism Uyghur village white shamans women yamabushi yuta