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Black Shamans - they serve as the most powerful shamans among their type and they obtain their strength and power from Northern direction. They are recognized as warrior shamans and they are able to overcome evil through fighting might versus might. Black shamans are models of discipline and courage.
Based on history, these shamans are able to fulfill their duties in both times of combat or war and in times of peace. During wartime, they are boosting the morale of their soldiers and they are doing ceremonies in order to help in each battle. The army’s power was connected to them, so they are always recruited in during wars.
In times of peace, they serve as valuable advisors and they are conducting foreign policy through making alliances and promoting peace. During the Mongolian Empire, the entire treaties were being ratified by the shaman ceremonies.
White Shamans - they obtain their power from Western Direction and due to this, they are directing their prayers towards the Western Heavens. White Shamans have the ability to create good relationships with all the spirits of nature and they are also recognized as spirits of peace. They provide emphasis on pacifying those angry spirits and focus in helping humans to live a life with a good balance in nature. They also do blessings and divination, but there is one singe that they can’t do, and it is the shaman’s curse.
In the Mongol Empire, While Shamans dealt with the local affairs and they were serving the administrators. They are also mostly concerned with the everyday lives of many people.
Yellow Shamans - between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the Tibetan Buddhism or the Lamaism had imposed itself on Mongolian people and during that time, it was really hard for the shamans.
The Black Shamans had started to refuse submitting to foreign religions and the White Shamans have been divided. There were some who submitted to the Buddhist authority and they because the Yellow Shamans. The other White Shamans then refused to surrender their traditions.
Shamanism is still practiced today in various countries. As a matter of fact, this remains as an essential practice in Huns, Altaic people, Uralic as well as in Udmurtia and Mari-El. It is also still being in Korea, particularly in South Korea where their role is usually taken by those women called mudangs and the male shamans are called baksoo mudangs. There are different shamans in every country and in every region and they play a vital role in the society where they belong.
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