Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - E ai ki te "Oxford English Dictionary", he shaman (, or ) tetahi e kiia ana he uru atu ki, me te awe i roto i te ao o nga wairua atawhai me te wairua kino, e uru ana ki te ahua o te wairua i te wa o te tikanga, me te mahi tohu me te whakaora. Ko te kupu "shaman" i ahu mai pea i te reo Tungusic Evenki o Ahia ki te Raki. E ai ki te ethnolinguist Juha Janhunen, "ko te kupu e whakaatuhia ana i roto i nga korero katoa a Tungusic" penei i a Negidal, Lamut, Udehe / Orochi, Nanai, Ilcha, Orok, Manchu me Ulcha, a "kaore he mea e pa ana ki te whakapae ko te tikanga'shaman' ka ahu mai i te Proto-Tungusic" a ka whai pakiaka ka roa atu i te rua mano tau. I whakauruhia te kupu ki te uru i muri i te wikitoria o nga ope a Ruhia
Ko te Khanate shamanistic o Kazan i te 1552.