Across lands.
Across languages.
A cultural atlas of shamanic and related Indigenous traditions. Thirteen situated pathways, with community names and public sources.
These are distinct living and historical traditions, not branches of one universal culture. “Shamanism” is a comparative term whose meaning and acceptance vary; the names used by each community guide the individual entries.
Northern Europe
Siberia & Inner Asia
Evenki traditions
Drums, regalia and relations with the surrounding world.
Sakha, northeastern SiberiaSakha / Yakut traditions
Oyuun, sound and the interpretation of museum displays.
Baikal region and adjoining Inner AsiaBuryat traditions
Sky, local religious histories and cultural exchange.
Tuva, southern SiberiaTuvan traditions
Sound, ritual specialists and a specific local repertoire.
Mongolia and the steppeMongolian steppe traditions
Sacred places, community ceremonies and transmission.
The Americas
Diné / Navajo
Hózhó, relationships and ceremonial knowledge.
Peruvian AmazonShipibo-Konibo-Xetebo traditions
Onanya knowledge, language and community authority.
Amazonian forest, Brazil and VenezuelaYanomami traditions
Xapuri, the living forest and Yanomami voices.
Wallmapu, southern South AmericaMapuche traditions
Machi, kultrun and relations with the land.