The Eurasian Shamanism: Num-Torum, Korean Buddhism and Shinto: International Academy of Social Sciences book of year award for 2015 (Florida, USA) Paperback – August 10, 2015
by Otto von Feigenblatt (Author), & 2 more
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The territory of Northern Eurasia, Central Asia, Mongolia and Inner Asia, Korea and Japan populated Finno-Ugric and Altaic peoples. These people have a common language structure, mentality and religious worldview. The religious worldview of these people based on Eurasian shamanism.
Shamanism includes:
1. The Cult of Heaven (Num-Torum in Finno-Ugric peoples, Tengri in Turkic-Mongol peoples, Shang-Di in the northern Chinese and Manchurs peoples, Korean Shamanism and the Japanese Shinto)
2. The cult of ancestor spirits
3. Animism: the cult of the wolf, the bear, bull ..
4. The cult of nature spirits
The population of Finno-Ugric and Altaic peoples were warlike nomads: the Huns, the proto-Hungarians, Tataro-Mongols, Turks, Manchurs and northern Chinese tribes.
Women were warriors and had equal rights with men.
Concept the cult of Heaven recognized the variability of worship Heaven through Christianity, Buddhism and Islam.
