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scholarly bookznamenski-2007-shaman
The Beauty of the Primitive: Shamanism and Western Imagination
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Andrei A. Znamenski
- YEAR
- 2007
- PUBLISHER
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195172317.001.0001
- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly book
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
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RANK 11GRADE Asupports
It was never humanity’s universal ancient name for spiritual practitioners.
English globalized a specific Evenki term through European scholarship and applied it to many unrelated traditions.
šamān
šamān → shaman
Abstract and chapter 1 — term introduced and globalized by European observersDocuments the expansion from Siberian term to global category.
shaman dossier ↗truth record ↗89UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opencontextproposed
Does Evenki šamān securely descend from Sanskrit śramaṇa?
The resemblance and Central Asian transmission routes have motivated a hypothesis, but direct evidence connecting the Buddhist term to the Evenki word remains insufficient.
Abstract and chapter 1 — Western generalizationExplains how the Evenki term acquired a global scholarly scope.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 340supportsestablished
shaman → šamān
Present-Day English → Evenki · borrowing via competing routes
- SOUND
- English shaman is ultimately from Evenki šamān; Russian and German mediation are historically discussed, but one fully specified immediate chain is not forced into this edge.
- MEANING
- A specific Siberian practitioner name was generalized in European scholarship across diverse traditions.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · Andrei A. Znamenski
Abstract and chapter 1 — Siberian term introduced and generalized by European observersDocuments the Western transmission and later expansion of scope.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
Schamane
GermanEuropean transmission form discussed in the history of the term’s Western generalization
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 2supports
Russian and German scholarly contact zones
Documents Western scholarly transmission from Siberia.
Abstract and chapter 1 · broadstage 3context
Global English
Documents later generalization beyond Siberia.
Abstract — global movement of the term · global070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
No non-genealogical context link currently cites this source.
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