Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Tungus [Siberia]


Before a man becomes a shaman he is sick for a long time. His understanding becomes confused. The shamanic ancestors of his clan come, hack him to bits, tear him apart, cut his flesh in pieces, drink his blood. They cut off his head and throw it in the oven, in which various iron appurtenances of his costume are made red-hot and then forged.

This cutting up is carried out somewhere in the upper world by the shaman ancestors. He alone receives the gift of shamanhod who has shaman acestors in his clan, who pass it on from generation to generation; and only when these have cut up his body and examined his bones can he begin shamanize.

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