Medicine man
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"The principle of this conservation of energy was, we said, applied all round the sphere of important procedure in early society. Thus the Redskin medicine-man prepares for his professional visits by continence, just as the warrior similarly prepares for war."--Studies of Savages and Sex (1929) by Ernest Crawley |
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"Medicine man" or "Medicine woman" are English terms used to describe traditional healers and spiritual leaders among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal peoples. Anthropologists tend to prefer the term "shaman," a specific term for a spiritual mediator from the Tungusic peoples of Siberia.
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See also
- Curandero
- Ethnobotany
- Herbalism
- Keewaydinoquay Peschel
- Kallawaya
- Midewiwin
- Plastic shaman
- Prehistoric medicine
- Shamanism
- Trance
- Kennekuk
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