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Title Shamanism : an encyclopedia of world beliefs, practices, and culture / edited by Mariko Namba Walter and Eva Jane Neumann Fridman
Published Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2004]

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxi, 1055 pages)) : illustrations
Contents Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Alphabetical List of Entries; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Overview: North America; Overview: Central and South America; Overview: Europe; Overview: Eurasia; Overview: Korea and Japan; Overview: China and Sino-Asia; Overview: South Asia, The Himalayas, and Tibet; Overview: Southeast Asia; Overview: Australasia and Oceania; Overview: Africa; Bibliography; Advisory Board; Contributors; Index; About the Authors
Summary A comprehensive guide to world shamanism, emphasizing historical and up-to-date cultural adaptations. In 230 detailed essays, leading ethnographers and historians explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of varied practices
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 963-1026) and index
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Subject Shamanism -- Encyclopedias
Medicine -- Religious aspects.
Shamanism
Religion and Medicine
shamanism.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Shamanism.
Shamanism
Sjamanisme.
Genre/Form Electronic books
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedieën (vorm)
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
Author Walter, Mariko Namba
Fridman, Eva Jane Neumann
ISBN 1576076466
9781576076460
9781280713422
1280713429