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shamanism

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shamanism
a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world

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  • 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 — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — 1) Общая лексика: шаманство (первобытная религия северных народностей, основанная на анимизме) 2) Религия: (A religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods,… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

Фильмы

  • Jungles are Simmering Down after the War, 1974 — The film is about the topic related to liquidation of the trouble spot and military conflict in the Region of the South Eastern Asia.
  • In the song, music, dance., 1988 — The First International Folklore Festival in Moscow: presentation of musical, dance ensembles of the USSR (the Union Republics), from Kampuchea, Mongolia, France, China, Cuba, England.
  • There in the center of Russia., 1997 — On the small nation of Yamalo-Nenets National Okrug - Selkups.