Steppe Nomads and Central Asia: what is central asian shamanism?

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what is central asian shamanism?

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Topic: what is central asian shamanism?

Posted By: Guests
Subject: what is central asian shamanism?
Date Posted: 23-Jul-2006 at 15:37

my guestion is about shamanism

1)a journal says that japanese shinto religion reminds shamanism in asia but a little differs.it says that the god in shinto has two main animal totems that guards the god, a panther like animal and a dog.central asians had a high respect for dog/wolf.

2)it is said yer-sub(earth-water soul/god?) thing is present in some natives americans.

3)in oghuz legend it is said the oghuz born with blue face.some coloured figures are present in indian gods and blue coloured figures are present in egypt paintings.

is central asian shamanism a sum of different religions?are there buddhist affects in central asian shamanism?what is shamanism exactly?were the central asians only sky worshippers?

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Posted By: Raider
Date Posted: 27-Jul-2006 at 08:42

I think the best book in this issue is

Mircea Eliade: Shamanism - archaic techniques of ecstasy

Posted By: Tobodai
Date Posted: 30-Jul-2006 at 03:56

Also look around on the website for MacCallester University (sp?) they specialize in such studies and I ran into a few of their students when I was in Mongolia.

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