| Shaftment | { } n. [ AS. sceaftmund. ] A measure of about six inches. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Shaftman |
| Shaman | n. [ From the native name. ] A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shamanic | a. Of or pertaining to Shamanism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shamanism | n. The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shamanist | n. An adherent of Shamanism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| シャーマニズム;シャマニズム | [sha-manizumu ; shamanizumu] (n) shamanism [Add to Longdo] |
| シャーマン(P);シャマン | [sha-man (P); shaman] (n) shaman; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 祈祷師;祈禱師(oK) | [きとうし, kitoushi] (n) medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist [Add to Longdo] |
| 口寄せ;口寄(io) | [くちよせ, kuchiyose] (n, vs) (1) spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; summoning a spirit and giving him voice (esp. when done by a female shaman); (n) (2) (See 巫女・みこ・2) medium; channeler [Add to Longdo] |
| 講談社漫画賞 | [こうだんしゃまんがしょう, koudanshamangashou] (n) Kodansha Manga Award [Add to Longdo] |
| 式叉摩那 | [しきしゃまな, shikishamana] (n) probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment) (san [Add to Longdo] |
| 呪術師 | [じゅじゅつし, jujutsushi] (n) witch doctor; shaman [Add to Longdo] |
| 修験道 | [しゅげんどう, shugendou] (n) Shugendou; Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts [Add to Longdo] |
| 湯立て;湯立ち;湯立(io) | [ゆだて(湯立て;湯立);ゆだち(湯立ち;湯立), yudate ( yu tate ; yu ritsu ); yudachi ( yu tachi ; yu ritsu )] (n) (See 巫女・みこ・2) Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) [Add to Longdo] |
| 物憑き | [ものつき, monotsuki] (n) (1) being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person; (2) (See 憑坐・よりまし) child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko [Add to Longdo] |