Pásztor Emília (szerk.): Sámánizmus és természethit régen és ma - Bajai dolgozatok 23. (Baja, 2019)

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A probe into the spiritual life of prehistoric people, a reflection of shamanism in archaeology

Fig. 2. Brno, Francouzská Street. Drawing reconstruction of shaman from the grave Brno 2. After J. Svoboda - P. Dvorskÿ, Archeologové na loveckÿch stezkách. Brno, 1994, s. 31.

2. kép Brno, Francouzská út. Brno 2 sir sámánjáról rajzolt rekonstrukció. J. Svoboda - P. Dvorskÿ, Archeologové na loveckÿch stezkách. Brno, 1994, s. 31.

further reproduction. Here the prerequisites for the evolution of agriculture (domestication and breeding of animals) have already been formed.

We are convinced that the shamans also dealt with the behaviour of people in their community. They tried to understand a certain pattern of human behaviour and its influence. They undoubtedly experimented and tracked the effects of some plants on the human (and animal). The shamans had important knowhow in their hands, which they continued to develop through continued experiences.

Shamans, wizard, sorcerer

In so-called cave art from the period of the upper Palaeolithic, there are figures we call the wizard or sorcerer in disguise and with a mask (FIG. 1). We mean the painted figurine from Les Combarelles cave (Jelinek 1972, Fig. 582).

Predicted hunting rituals consisted not only of movement creations, dances, spoken speech, speech and singing. Shamans could intensify rituals using musical instruments such as whistles and drums.

We even know the instruments of Palaeolithic musical instruments accompanying singing ceremonies or sung „stories". It was a creation of fabulations. One of the unique stories is the engraving of a human figure with two strange animals in the Trois Frères