 Today, shamanism is no longer widely practiced by Hungarians, but elements of shamanism have been preserved in their folklore.Comparative methods reveal that some motifs used in folktales, fragments of songs and folk rhymes retain aspects of the ancient belief system.In an effort to prove that shamanistic remnants existed within Hungarian folklore ethnographer, , compared ethnographic records of Hungarian and neighboring peoples, and works about various shamanic traditions of some Siberian peoples.