Category: Shamanism

Greenland – The world’s largest island, situated in the Arctic, Greenland has indigenous Inuit and immigrant Danish inhabitants. The Inuit angakkoq (shaman), discussed by such…

Goodman, Felicitas(1914–2005) – Anthropologist who claimed that various prehistoric remains and the imagery of certain indigenous artistic traditions point toward specific stances or “postures” that…

Ginzburg, Carlo – Professor of Italian Renaissance studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is best known as a pioneer of “microhistory” (examining…

Gender – In particular local cultures, the question of gender may be a significant determinant of shamanic ability, acceptability, and authority. However, it is rarely…

Garifuna Religion – The Garifuna (also known as Black Caribs) are the descendents of Africans and the indigenous Carib people of Saint Vincent in the…

Galdanova, Galina R. – Buryat ethnologist of Buryat, Mongolian, and Siberian shamanisms. She is senior researcher and Mongolian finds keeper at the Institute of Oriental,…

Furst, Peter T. – Anthropologist specializing in shamanisms, hallucinogens, and art, especially the use of peyote by and art of the Huichol (Wixáritari) in Mexico.…

Fries, Jan – German neo-shaman, occultist, and magickian who has been influential in Europe in promoting a form of “freestyle shamanism” that emphasizes trance work…

Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS) – A nonprofit educational organization located in Mill Valley, California (formerly the Center for Shamanic Studies in New York, established…

Flaherty, Gloria – Flaherty’s volume Shamanism and the Eighteenth Century (1992) has made a major contribution to the historiography of the term shaman. Immediately upon…