Eskam

Eskam (fl. 448-449 AD) was Hun living in 5th-century Pannonia, then under the Hunnic Empire. He was possibly a shaman. His daughter was one of the numerous wives of Attila the Hun.

Biography

He and his daughter are mentioned by Priscus in his account of his visit to the court of Attila. During their voyage with the Hun king towards his favorite town, the paths of Priscus' envoy and the Hunnic king's temporarily separated as the king was to pay a visit to Eskam and marry his daughter.[1]

Otto Maenchen-Helfen derived his name from Turkic as, meaning "friend, companion", and qam, meaning "shaman."[2][3]

Thus, it is possible that Eskam was a Hunnic shaman.[4][5]

References
  1. Hughes, Ian (2019). Attila the Hun Arch-Enemy of Rome. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781473890329. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. Maenchen-Helfen, Otto. "Eskam". Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aeivi Volumes 2-4. Otto Harrassowitz. 1983. p. 90. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. Ripinsky-Naxon, Michael (1993). The Nature of Shamanism Substance and Function of a Religious Metaphor. State University of New York Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780791413869.
  5. Wolfram, Herwig (2005). Dunlap, Thomas (ed.). The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. University of California Press. pp. 131, 351. ISBN 9780520244900.
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