NPPF The Godfather Of Soul-Shade

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Among the different Tungustic groups of northern Manchuria, copper mirrors
play an important role.Their origin is clearly Sino-Manchurian, but their
magical meaning varies from tribe to tribe; The mirror is said to help the
shaman to see the world, or to "place the spirits", or to reflect the needs
of mankind,and so on. Dioszegi has shown that the Manchu-Tungustic term
designating the mirror, panaptu, is derived from pana, soul or spirit, more
precisely, the soul-shade. Hence,the mirror is a receptacle for the
soul-shade. Looking into the mirror, the shaman is able to see the dead
person's soul." --Eliade