Meaning

noun any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)

noun an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans

originEtymology tree Proto-Tungusic *samān Evenki сама̄н (samān)bor. Russian шама́н (šamán)bor. German Schamanebor. English shaman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English shamanism…

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