Abstract
The author, formerly Director of the Saghalien Museum in Toyohara, after collecting folk-tales among the Saghalien aborigines, comes to the conclusion that the belief in shamanism is the only aspect of their culture which has not been changed by Japanese influence. In the present paper he gives a detailed description of the ceremonies performed by Orokko and Gilyak shamans in January, 1945, in the Otasu reservation near Sisuka, South Saghalien.
