Mongolian shamanism includes religious beliefs and practises of shamans who enter trances to communicate with deities and spiritual beings who then possess the shaman's body. Shamans wear costumes and ...

On his feet were specially made reindeer-skin shaman boots. He’s a Darhad, one of the ethnic groups indigenous to northern Mongolia, next to the Russian border. Numbering some 20,000 ...

In the Mongolian tradition, shamans use rituals and trance states to communicate with the dead or spiritual beings. Although ...

Reports suggest Putin consulted Mongolian and Siberian shamans for advice on military operations, possibly seeking their blessing before using nuclear weapons. The mystics call them the "weapons ...