What does shaman mean?

The word "shaman" can be transliterated as shaman, tea horse and so on. The word comes from the north American Indian shamman. The original word means "wise man", "understanding" and "exploring". Later, it gradually evolved into the proper term of shaman wizard, that is, the person who jumped into the gods, and was also understood as the agent and incarnation of shaman gods in these clans. In addition, the online game World of Warcraft produced by Blizzard Entertainment also has a profession named after shaman.

Shamans are generally divided into professional shamans and family shamans (also known as family shamans).

1. The former provides religious services to all people in the whole society in his personal capacity. They mainly perform exorcism, divination, blessing and officiating at weddings and funerals. For their employer's family, and receive corresponding remuneration, with a certain degree of professionalism.

2. The latter is a designated priest who only provides religious services for clan members in tribal clan organizations. These people usually engage in their own labor and production as usual, just like ordinary clan members. Only when clan members need it, they resort to religious activities such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, making wishes to gods, telling their ancestors' historical achievements and praying for clan members. Their religious services to clan members belong to clan obligations, and they basically refuse to provide any religious services outside the clan.