|
|
Definition of Shamanistic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to shamanism.
Definition of Shamanistic
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shamanistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamanistic
Literary usage of Shamanistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"shamanistic ASSOCIATIONS. The shamanistic organization of the Pawnee far ...
The dominant feature of these associations is shamanistic performances, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Ivan Petroff, in his "Population, Resources, etc. of Alaska" (embodied in the
United States Census Report for 1880), describes the shamanistic ceremonies of ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1902)
"The names of the shamanistic societies are also their totems,' says Major ...
Is it not the case that, in an Indian shamanistic society there may be men of ..."
4. Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology by Alexander Goldenweiser (1922)
"1 Hard as is the shamanistic initiation, it must at least in part be gone over again
... As shamanistic perfomances require considerable physical exertions, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"At any rate, however these shamanistic feats are explained, they are worthy of
careful study ... shamanistic contests seem to have been common and popular, ..."
6. Through Siberia by Jonas Jonsson Stadling (1901)
"In the shamanistic religion the spirits of ancestors play a very prominent part
as the connecting link between mankind and the upper or lower deities, ..."
7. Religion and Culture: A Critical Survey of Methods of Approach to Religious by Frederick Schleiter (1919)
"During shamanistic exercises, Tungus and Yukaghir shamans put on, ... In the
absence of a shamanistic dress, or in case of the so-called "small" shamanism, ..."
Other Resources:
