Enchiu - Enchiu

Japanese: エンチウ - えんちう
Enchiu - Enchiu

...There is a strong theory that prehistoric shell mounds and bone mounds were ritual sites based on such Ainu ideas. Shamanism (witchcraft), which includes animism in its system, is also known, and is particularly prominent among the Enchiu (Kakhaline Ainu) of Sakhalin Island. Shamans, called tusu‐kur (witchcraft person), could be either male or female, and treated illnesses, healed mental pain, and divined good and bad fortune.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Enchiu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…先史時代の貝塚や骨塚も,このようなアイヌの観念にもとづいた,儀礼の場であったと考える有力な説が唱えられている。 アニミズムを体系のうちに含むシャマニズム(巫術)も知られており,とくにサハリン島のエンチウ(樺太アイヌ)にその色が濃く認められている。〈トゥスクルtusu‐kur=巫術・人〉と言われるシャーマンは男である場合も女である場合もあり,病気の治療を行ったり,精神的な苦痛を癒したり,吉凶を占ったりした。…

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