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A large minority of people in North Asia, particularly in Siberia, follow the religio-cultural practices of shamanism . Some researchers regard Siberia as the heartland of shamanism.〔Hoppál 2005:13〕〔 Compare: 〕 The people of Siberia comprise a variety of ethnic groups, many of whom continue to observe shamanistic practices in modern times. Many classical ethnographers recorded the sources of the idea of "shamanism" among Siberian peoples. The region supports a wide variety of cultures, practices and beliefs which fall within a classification of shamanism.〔Hoppál 2005: 15〕 ==Terms for 'shaman' and 'shamaness' in Siberian languages== *'shaman': ''saman'' (Nedigal, Nanay, Ulcha, Orok), ''sama'' (Manchu). The variant /šaman/ (i.e., pronounced "shaman") is Evenk (whence it was borrowed into Russian). *'shaman': ''alman, olman, wolmen''〔http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9811b&L=aztlan&D=1&P=5218&F=P〕 (Yukagir) *'shaman': (:qam) (Tatar, Shor, Oyrat), (Tuva, Tofalar) *The Buryat word for shaman is ''бөө'' (''böö'') (:bøː), from early Mongolian ''böge''. *'shamaness': (:iduɣan) (Mongol), (Yakut), ''udagan'' (Buryat), ''udugan'' (Evenki, Lamut), ''odogan'' (Nedigal). Related forms found in various Siberian languages include ''utagan'', ''ubakan'', ''utygan'', ''utügun'', ''iduan'', or ''duana''. All these are related to the Mongolian name of Etügen, the hearth goddess, and Etügen Eke 'Mother Earth'. Maria Czaplicka points out that Siberian languages use words for male shamans from diverse roots, but the words for female shaman are almost all from the same root. She connects this with the theory that women's practice of shamanism was established earlier than men's, that "shamans were originally female." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shamanism in Siberia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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