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Siberian Evenki myth and their religious belief are closely related. As Evenki society system had changed from matriarchal society toward patriarchal society, totemism that consisted of religious superstructure of Evenki matriarchal society was collapsed and shamanism newly appeared. These changes of Evenk society and their religious belief were reflected on Evenki myth. With falling down of totemism, totemic animals which were once worshiped were simply considered as a general, pan-ethnic feature connected with creation. With the appearance of shamanism, totemic animals were descended into an assistance of shaman spirits. Also cosmogany, cosmology and pre-shamanismic ideology were replaced with shamanismic one, or these two ideologies existed in one myth together.