Post by Uldamar
I chose mine to be a name with some 'lore' behind it. I found a site with some shaman names, and the explanation why they were shaman names :)
I chose Tangki (because the other ones were taken xD)
Angakok - Inuit Shaman, I saw this referenced on a paper at Brandon University in Canada, The Iglulik may be the word for Initiation.
Fugara - The Bedouin form of Shamanism
Baksylyk - I saw a reference to a paper by Patrick Garrone called "Baksylyk: a Muslim Declination of Shamanism" (in ISIM NEWSLETTER, December 1999 (No.4) )
Sahir-þairls - Shamans in Turkey the other words I saw in connection with this were Kyrgyz Kazakh baksýs, baksý, kam, ozan, Oguz, ozans
Kopuz - a musical instrument, somehow connected with shamanism
Dagara Tribe - West African Tribe with Shaman Healers
Kontomblé - West African word for helping spirits.
Txiv Neeb - Shaman of the Hmong, the shaman translates to "father/master of the spirits."
Miko - Female Shaman, saw referenced in article in Asian Folklore Studies.
Mondang - Korean Shaman, most Korean Shamans are women
Nae-Rim-Kut - Korean Shamanic Initiation
Huna - Hawaiian form of shamanism.
Babalawo - shamans of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa meaning "Father of the Mysteries" or "Father of the Spirits" supplied by student of Babalawo/Shaman.
Wulla-mullung - Wiradjuri Tribe- Southeast Australia it seems that is the name their Shamans are called, and their helping spirits are called Budian.
Dukun - Shaman of Indonesia
Voelva/Volva/Vala/Seidhkona - Female Shaman of Norse Mythology
Baal Shem - Translates in Hebrew as "Master of the Name" possibly a Jewish Shaman
Wakan Tanka - Term for Spirit that Resides in Everything in Lakota
Sheripiari - term of the Campa of eastern Perú
Znakharka - term for female shaman in the Ukraine, supplied by a Ukraine shaman.
Tang-ki - the Chinese name for a shaman (also fu-chi which seems to relate to a mediumship involving writing.)
P'aqo - The Andean word for shaman -- it's a Quecha word for shaman but they are mystics too (submitted to Shaman Links by one of our readers)
Mambo - One of our readers found that this "is the name for a high priestess in the voodoo tradition, especially one who keeps the songs and rituals and maintains the community's relationship with the spirits..."
EDIT:
http://www.shamanlinks.net/Shaman_Names.htmwow thanks this helped a ton in picking out my name :)