Definitionn. in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds
Last update: September 25, 2015
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The tribals believed in the curing power of their shaman. [Please select]
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All the world over it is held that such people can assume the form of animals; sometimes the power of the shaman is held to depend on his being able to summon his familiar; among the Ostiaks the shaman's coat was covered with representations of birds and beasts; two bear's claws were on his hands; his wand was covered with mouse-skin; when he wished to divine he beat his drum till a black bird appeared and perched on his hut; then the shaman swooned, the bird vanished, and the divination could begin. [Please select]
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[Illustration: TSIMSHIAN SHAMAN'S CEREMONIAL BOW AND ARROW.' [Please select]
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"Then my Shaman tells that it is by such likeness that the Great Spirit showeth the goose foot plant to be charged with the driving out of colds." [Please select]
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Another object secured from a shaman was a peculiar bow and arrow. [Please select]
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While meditating on this sad reality beneath a flowering Jambu tree, where he was seated in the profoundest contemplation, a _deva_, transformed into a religious ascetic, came to him and said, "I am a Shaman." [Please select]
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