Tlingit Shaman Vocabulary (Emmonds, The Tlingit, Indians, p. 454)
Amulet: ta sate
Apron: Kate
Bear Ear headdress: con goush
Bear: hootz
Beaver: sigade
Bone necklace: sarks sati
Copper: tinneh
Crown of bear claws: uthargu (its claws)
Drum: gouh
Ermine/feather headdress: yake tcheeni
Frog: hikth
Frontlet: thlu gu
Human Spirt:
-body (qada),
-breath of life (qa sa xeegu- what dreamwalks & can be removed/recoved )
-soul/shadow (qayahayi- ghost in land of dead)
Intrusion object/spirit: anaxsin
Land Otter Man: kush tarka
Land Otter Medicine: koushta nak
Land Otter tongue amulet: kushta liute (buried), sutch (pendent)
Mask (shaman’s: no eye holes): Wake kut dar took
Medicine (herbal): nak orce kete /keet
Oystercatcher rattle: shou show
Raven: yehlh
Rhythm sticks: xi ca
Shaman Bag (woven ): Thleete (flat sea worm)
Shaman: ict/ iqt
Shaman necklace : (twigs/tongues) Sutch
Shaman Outfit : Yek Da’adi
Soulcatcher: Káa Yahaayí Shatl'ékwx'u, (or x'aséikw- a daakeidí )
Spirit (helper): Yek
Thunderbird: hehl
Whistle: tO Uq Sirit, Yake see (spirit voice)
Witch: Nikwsati (master of sickness)
Apron: Kate
Bear Ear headdress: con goush
Bear: hootz
Beaver: sigade
Bone necklace: sarks sati
Copper: tinneh
Crown of bear claws: uthargu (its claws)
Drum: gouh
Ermine/feather headdress: yake tcheeni
Frog: hikth
Frontlet: thlu gu
Human Spirt:
-body (qada),
-breath of life (qa sa xeegu- what dreamwalks & can be removed/recoved )
-soul/shadow (qayahayi- ghost in land of dead)
Intrusion object/spirit: anaxsin
Land Otter Man: kush tarka
Land Otter Medicine: koushta nak
Land Otter tongue amulet: kushta liute (buried), sutch (pendent)
Mask (shaman’s: no eye holes): Wake kut dar took
Medicine (herbal): nak orce kete /keet
Oystercatcher rattle: shou show
Raven: yehlh
Rhythm sticks: xi ca
Shaman Bag (woven ): Thleete (flat sea worm)
Shaman: ict/ iqt
Shaman necklace : (twigs/tongues) Sutch
Shaman Outfit : Yek Da’adi
Soulcatcher: Káa Yahaayí Shatl'ékwx'u, (or x'aséikw- a daakeidí )
Spirit (helper): Yek
Thunderbird: hehl
Whistle: tO Uq Sirit, Yake see (spirit voice)
Witch: Nikwsati (master of sickness)
Tsimshian Shaman Vocabulary
Amulet : Aatxasxw
Breath : Xsinaalk
Beartooth charm: Wi’Nesmax
Canoe : mal
Charm: Atiaswx /aatix (things one dreams of- can be mental, not just phys bone amulets)
Drum :
hoohl/nahoohl (skin),
anutam simgiget (box/chief’s drum)
Ochre (shaman’s red face paint): mal
Ochre bag : ande’mas
Otter : watserh
Power (transformer) : Halait
Rattle : gakst (coast) haseex (Gitkasan), soo’s (Raven)
Rhythm sticks: gansem’a (saskatoon berry wood)
secret society: wihalait
Shaman : halait (general), swansk (healer, literally "blower"*: halaidm swanaskxw, swanassu)
*Tsimshian Culture: A Light Through the Ages By Jay Miller p. 178
Sisiutl : laqaqua-sa
Soul :
naa/naahlx (breath/spirit/fasting/cleanliness),
baa’lx/luulak (ghost , corpse),
haykw (after death haunt with smell, sound),
nigit (double appears when dying),
oo’tsin (spirit/nothingness)
Soulcatcher : Haboolm Ksinaalgat": 'keeper of breath'
Spirits : Noxnoq
Trance: Lusanaalk (“Wonder breath”)
Witch/evil magic doer : Haldaugit (a witch is not a shaman-has no contact with spirits)
Breath : Xsinaalk
Beartooth charm: Wi’Nesmax
Canoe : mal
Charm: Atiaswx /aatix (things one dreams of- can be mental, not just phys bone amulets)
Drum :
hoohl/nahoohl (skin),
anutam simgiget (box/chief’s drum)
Ochre (shaman’s red face paint): mal
Ochre bag : ande’mas
Otter : watserh
Power (transformer) : Halait
Rattle : gakst (coast) haseex (Gitkasan), soo’s (Raven)
Rhythm sticks: gansem’a (saskatoon berry wood)
secret society: wihalait
Shaman : halait (general), swansk (healer, literally "blower"*: halaidm swanaskxw, swanassu)
*Tsimshian Culture: A Light Through the Ages By Jay Miller p. 178
Sisiutl : laqaqua-sa
Soul :
naa/naahlx (breath/spirit/fasting/cleanliness),
baa’lx/luulak (ghost , corpse),
haykw (after death haunt with smell, sound),
nigit (double appears when dying),
oo’tsin (spirit/nothingness)
Soulcatcher : Haboolm Ksinaalgat": 'keeper of breath'
Spirits : Noxnoq
Trance: Lusanaalk (“Wonder breath”)
Witch/evil magic doer : Haldaugit (a witch is not a shaman-has no contact with spirits)