Shaman

Russian postcard, from a picture taken in 1908 , showing shaman. She is probably of Khakas ethnicity. (Picture taken by by S. I. Borisov)^[1]^[2]^[3]

A shaman is a kind of medicine man who practices shamanism. Shamans were believed to be able to talk to the spirit world, usually animal spirits. Shamans "are ... thought to have the ability to heal the sick, [and] to (talk with or) communicate with the otherworld, and often to (travel with, or) escort the souls of the dead to [another world where our spirit can go, or] that otherworld", according to media.^[4]

In some tribes shamanism is important such as the Yanomamis (a Venezuelan tribe in the Venezuelan forest).

A shaman was a person who had a special connection to the spiritual world.

The earliest known drawing of a Siberian shaman; Made by the Dutch explorer Nicolaes Witsen, 17th century. Witsen called him a "priest of the Devil"; The drawing has feet, and those have claws;.^[5]

Shaman Media

A tableau presenting figures from various cultures described as "shamans" in Western academic literature.
Bonda "disari" (shaman) Sukra Dhangdamajhi shares his shamanic practices in the Bonda language
Goldes shaman priest in his regalia
South Moluccan shaman in an exorcism ritual involving children, Buru, Indonesia (1920)
Buryat shaman on Olkhon Island, Russia
A shaman doctor of Kyzyl, 2005. Attempts are being made to preserve and revitalize Tuvan shamanism:^[6] former authentic shamans have begun to practice again, and young apprentices are being educated in an organized way.^[7]

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↑ Hoppál 2005, pp. 77, 287.
↑ Znamensky, Andrei A.. Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. Vol. I (in hu) (2005). Budapest: Molnár Kiadó. p. 117–34. ISBN 978-963-218-200-1., p. 128
↑ Znamensky, Andrei A.. Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. Vol. I (in hu) (2005). Budapest: Molnár Kiadó. p. 128. ISBN 978-963-218-200-1.
↑ https://www.britannica.com/topic/shamanism. Retrieved 2025-10-16
↑ Hutton 2001, p. 32.
↑ Hoppál 2005, p. 117.
↑ Hoppál 2005, p. 259.

[FOOTNOTEHopp.C3.A1l200577.2C_287-1] Hoppál 2005, pp. 77, 287.

[2] Znamensky, Andrei A.. Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. Vol. I (in hu) (2005). Budapest: Molnár Kiadó. p. 117–34. ISBN 978-963-218-200-1., p. 128

[3] Znamensky, Andrei A.. Csodaszarvas. Őstörténet, vallás és néphagyomány. Vol. I (in hu) (2005). Budapest: Molnár Kiadó. p. 128. ISBN 978-963-218-200-1.

[4] ttps://www.britannica.com/topic/shamanism. Retrieved 2025-10-16

[FOOTNOTEHutton200132-5] Hutton 2001, p. 32.

[FOOTNOTEHopp.C3.A1l2005117-6] Hoppál 2005, p. 117.

[FOOTNOTEHopp.C3.A1l2005259-7] Hoppál 2005, p. 259.

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