The Bear animal symbol is the sixth spirit totem on the Amerindian shamans' Wheel of Life. It corresponds to the end of summer and to our western astrological sign of Virgo, to which it can bring ...

“You love animals. Wherever you have gone ... A helper brought the shaman-spirit a stool to sit on, and a crowd of about 20 people massed around him, some kneeling, others prostrating themselves ...

Of particular interest is the example of an Evenki shaman's dwelling and ritual space including, galleries of wood carvings depicting spiritual animals, birds and fish ... Evenki bird spirit poles (as ...