AINU SHAMAN
To the Ainu, the Bear is one of the mightier Gods in the parallel spirit homeland.
After death, bears journeyed to this spirit land, giving their meat and fur to the people.
To honor this generosity, the people sent the bear's spirit home in a special ceremony, iyomante.
Bears are considered ancestors in certain cultures and worshipped in rituals. To the Indigenous people of Hokkaido
The bear was a great shaman.
Welcome
WELCOME to the Spirit of the Bear. A space for healing and learning the wisdoms of the indigenous ways.
The Ainu
The Ainu shamans enteract with the spirit world to restore balance, heal and ask for guidance. It is the most ancient form of religeon not based on a particular God but in animisim.
Kamuy
Kamuy is a divine being of the Ainus possessing a spiritual energy or beings. The spirit beings include animals, plants, items, places and the weather. And some with associations as the Kamuy of the hearth. The folks of my tribe have many stories that have been passed down through oral traditions and sacred ritual. They portray in chants and many ceremonies.
Come and learn with me, the way of the Ainu Shaman. Learn to travel to the world of spirit for guidance and to help others in need.
Peony Waro
Ainushaman9@gmail.com
541 688 2688