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 |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Shamanism -- Encyclopedias
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Medicine -- Religious aspects.
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Shamanism
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Religion and Medicine
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shamanism.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Shamanism.
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Shamanism
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Sjamanisme.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedieën (vorm)
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Walter, Mariko Namba
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Fridman, Eva Jane Neumann
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ISBN |
1576076466 |
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9781576076460 |
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9781280713422 |
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1280713429 |
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