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n. (plural of shaman English)
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Shamans is the seventh album by the Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, released in 2002. In the liner notes, Zadeh left a comment about each song. The artwork contains a number of paintings by her. Around 2,000,000 copies of this album were sold worldwide.
Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination is a historical study of how westerners have viewed the shamans of Siberia. It was written by the English historian Ronald Hutton, then working at the University of Bristol, and first published by Hambledon and London in 2001. Prior to writing Shamans, Hutton had authored a series of books on such subjects as Early Modern Britain, pre-Christian religion, British folklore and Contemporary Paganism.
The book is divided into three sections. The first, entitled "Why we think we know about shamans", looks at how Russians and other westerners have understood Siberia and its shamanic practitioners from the Middle Ages to the present day. Specifically, it looks at how the concept of Siberia was created by the invading Russians, and how the governments of the Russian Empire and then the Soviet Union interacted with the many ethnic groups who lived there, and how they dealt with its indigenous shamanic beliefs. In the second section, "What we think we know about shamans", he proceeds to highlight the difficulty with the concept of shamanism, which has never been definitively defined by scholars. He goes on to explore the various traits associated with shamanic beliefs and practices in Siberia, looking at cosmology, equipment and costume, and their ritual performances; throughout, he emphasises the great diversity among the shamans of this region. In the third and final section, "Siberia in the shamanic world", Hutton looks at the historical development of shamanic beliefs both in Siberia and outside of it, in other parts of Eurasia. Finally, he turns his attention to the current state of shamanism in Siberia and the influence of Neoshamanism.
Academic reviews published in peer-reviewed journals such as Folklore and the Journal for the Academic Study of Magic were predominantly positive. The archaeologist Neil Price however noted a problem in Hutton's discussion of shamanistic beliefs in Scandinavia.
Usage examples of "shamans".
But, my lord, this night let us forget all guests and Powers, witches, shamans, and Watchers, and keep some hours for us alone.
There was such flat certainty in the shamans voice that Trusla was on her feet, eager to move to prove that statement the truth.
If she objected, it would have given Rikki the encouragement he wanted, and both the street shamans would now be long gone.
Rikki and Manx might not be the most powerful shamans on the Northwest coast, but he was sure they could handle their assigned parts in the ritual.
He wished he knew more shamans he could trust even as far as he did Rikki and Manx, but those two would be all the help he had tonight.
The soft padding of footsteps sounded from the path as the other shamans entered the clearing and nodded their readiness to Sam.
He was no expert, but from the variety of ritual costumes he was sure there were shamans from each of the nations of North America.
The assembled shamans and their attendants wore a wide variety of garb, some fancy, some plain.
Maybe the shamans had come to stop the Dance rather than to participate.
He saw his image reflected in the eyes of the elder shamans around him.
An outer circle of dancers formed, and the shamans stopped their own dancing to take seats hi a ring around Sam.
Howling Coyote and the elder shamans sang, too, a mixture of voices and words that blended into a single song.
The elder shamans rose and formed a circle around Sam and the sprouting tree.
Only Tolui and his fellow shamans held their place, making last preparations and awaiting the order to begin.
For hours the young shaman concentrated, especially on his ancestors, shamans all, who stretched through history to before there was a tribe called Rengarth.