The language of invocations of Tuvan shamans
B Munkhtsetseg
Mongolian Journal of Foreign Languages and Culture 2017 DOI: 10.22353/mjflc2017110 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
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| Key points | The text states that Tuvan shamanism is the ancient religion of the Tuvans and remains practiced, that each shaman has a unique calling and invocation in the Tuvan language, and that the variety of invocations, rooted in the tradition's origins, corresponds to a division of Tuvan shamans into five categories. |
Abstract
The ancient religion of the tuvans is shamanism. The Tuvans have kept the practice of shamanism alive. Tuvan shamans practice in the Tuvan language and every shaman has his unique calling and invocation. So the invocation for the ongod or spirit vary from shaman to shaman. There are many types of invocations in the Tuvan shamanism because of the origin. Therefore, tuvan shamans are divided into five different categories.