Tungus what does that mean?

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Look on the bright side of things! U Monkeys!!!

from wikipedia....briefly touched upon in my description for the painting...
Shaman pronounced /ˈʃɑːmən/, /ˈʃeɪmən/, (|ˈshämən; ˈshā-|) noun (pl. -man(s)) originally referred to the traditional healers of Turkic-Mongol areas such as Northern Asia (Siberia) and Mongolia, a "shaman" being the Turkic-Tungus word for such a practitioner and literally meaning "he or she who knows." The words in Turkic languages which refer to shamans are kam, and sometimes baksı.

Some say the Tungusic word šamán is from Chinese sha men (Chinese: 沙门，沙弥, "Buddhist monk," borrowed from Pali śamana, ultimately from Sanskrit śramana "ascetic," from śramati "he fatigues" (see shramana). "The word shaman is in fact loosely used for almost any savage witch doctor who becomes frenzied and has communication with spirits. In its original form it appears to be a corruption of the Sanskrit Shramana, which, indicating a disciple of Buddha, among the Mongolians became synonymous with magician."[1]. Other scholars assert that the word comes directly from the Manchu language, and indeed is "the only commonly used English word that is a loan from this language".[2]

Another explanation analyzes this Tungusic word as containing root “sa-”, this means “to know”. “Shaman” is “one who knows”:[3][4] a person who is an expert in keeping together the multiple codes through which this complex belief system appears, and has a comprehensive view of them in their mind with certainty of knowledge.[3]

A criticism against the above approach says that there is no evidence that this Tungusic word would be of inner origin, and it is hard to reconstruct from the sources where this word was borrowed from in the past.[5][6]

The word passed through Russian and German before it was adopted into English.

In any case, the proper plural form of the word is "shaman" or "shamans" and not "shamen", as it is unrelated to the English word "man". Like English, Tungus does not apply gender to words. Therefore, shaman is correct for both a male and female shaman. The word shamanka would be correct for one speaking Russian as it is the Russian variation for the feminine gender, a Russian language requirement.

In its common usage, it has replaced the older English language term witch doctor, a term which unites the two stereotypical functions of the shaman: knowledge of magical and other lore, and the ability to cure a person and mend a situation. However, this term is generally considered to be pejorative and anthropologically inaccurate. Objections to the use of shaman as a generic term have been raised as well, by both academics and traditional healers themselves, given that the word comes from a specific place, people, and set of practices.

The shaman is referred to in Greek mythology as a necromancer and could raise spirits and corpses to use as slaves, soldiers and tools for divination.

woah, this is a great piece of work. nice tip for the resizing thing, that was pretty trippy.

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thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It looks so much better in person...

i bet this is fun with a bit of lies: sir jek and in real life~!~
it's definitely one that i would enjoy poking my nose up to a bit; although, the download view and regular large view and moving it around a bit brings about some peculiar looking individuals mingling about in the creases, folds and textures!!!

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good good. I am updating it as we speak....it wasnt quite finished, but really close

how have I not noticed this yet?
It's full of wonderful, rich texture and deep character... You don't even know how much I wanted to be at Barefoot Art Guild.
Alas, an unemployed artist from the East has no means to attend a West coast event.

Some Day.

This almost reminds me of :thumb73870626:
but it's so well defined, except when the line between one character and another blurs...
I can't get over how this affects me.

I don't think many people realize how incredibly complex this piece really is....it looked better...but I started messing it up...and so I stopped....I havn't touched it again bc I need to really make sure that everything I do to modify it will be perfect....kind of like the buddhists who dont make a single stroke on their canvas for like 7 years...or something...ill probably just wait till I finish some papers haha.

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"All human utterances came down to `Do you really mean that?' and `Look over there! It's an X.' The hard part, she always claimed, was finding someone who knew what you meant by those two things."
-richard powers - from Galatea 2.2