1. an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans; [syn: shamanism, Asian shamanism]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Asian shamanism
n 1: an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief
that the mediation between the visible and the spirit
worlds is effected by shamans [syn: shamanism, Asian
shamanism]