| shama | <zoology> A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut. Origin: Hind. Shama. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| shamanism | An intermediate stage between polytheism and monotheism, which assumes a "great spirit", with lesser deities subordinated. With the beginnings of shamanism there was the advent of the medicine man or witch doctor, who assumed a supervisory relation to disease and its cure. Formally, shamanism is a religion of ural-altaic peoples of northern asia and europe, characterised by the belief that the unseen world of gods, demons, ancestral spirits is responsive only to shamans. The indians of north and south america entertain religious practices similar to the ural-altaic shamanism. The word shaman comes from the tungusic (manchuria and siberia) saman, meaning buddhist monk. The shaman handles disease almost entirely by psychotherapeutic means; he frightens away the demons of disease by assuming a terrifying mien. (12 Dec 1998) |
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in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
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any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
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A word derived from the Tungas language of Siberia, it is a generic term for healers and spiritual leaders in tribal societies. Traditional shamans induced trance states through drums, dancing, ingesting hallucinogens, self-mutilation and deprivation and virtually any means by which one might achieve an altered state of consciousness. While in such a trance, the shaman crosses over into another world to get information for his people such as the cause of illnesses and other misfortunes. ...
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A part-time, supernaturally chosen religious specialist who can manipulate the supernatural.
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An anthropological term for a spiritualist, curer, or seer.
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| shama | in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds |
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| shama | practice shamanism |
| shama | an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans |
| shama | any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) |
| shama | of or relating to shamanism |
| shama | of or relating to shamanism |
| shama | practice shamanism |
| shama | (Assyrian and Babylonian) the chief sun god |
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