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The Shaman or Chinese Wu: His inspired dancing and versatile character

Authors :
L. C. Hopkins
Source :
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 77:3-16
Publication Year :
1945
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1945.

Abstract

The Shaman or Wizard of the proto-historic Orient, his vocation, his reputation, his strange psychosis, his claim to thaumaturgic powers, and his place in the social structure of his community, are not all these written in the chronicles of the. Works of de Groot and Shirokogaroff ?

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Subjects :
Cultural Studies
Literature
business.industry
General Arts and Humanities
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Character (symbol)
Art
business
Wizard
Shamanism
Reputation
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ISSN :
14740591 and 13561863
Volume :
77
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........b3b61b11876c941305193bfff9629038
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0035869x00099263
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