shaman
shaman
Definition
sha·man (s̸hä′mən, s̸hā′-; s̸ham′ən)
noun pl. sha′·mans
a priest or medicine man, esp. among N Asian peoples, who is believed able to heal and to foretell the future through communication with good and evil spirits
Etymology: Russ < Tungusic šaman < Prakrit amana, Buddhist monk < Sans ramaṇa, orig., ascetic, akin to ram, to fatigue
sha·man′ic (s̸hə man′ik) adjective
shaman
Synonyms
shaman
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: To navigate the end of history: become a galactic shaman now.
- call: The specialist has at times been called a shaman, or a witch doctor, or a doctor or a surgeon.
- see: Everyone should go to a temple, or see a shaman at least once a year for cleansing of spirits.
- give: The gives the shaman the power to control disease in the future.
- involve: It involves the shaman directly and actively in transcendent realities or lower realms of being.
- visit: We were forced to visit another powerful shaman in the town.
Adjective modifier
- Siberian: So time has changed the Malay brother of the Siberian shaman into a humble relative of the Sufi mystic.
- tribal: Here, the African artist Chief Oloruntoba assumes a higher role than his western counterpart; that of medicine man and tribal shaman.
- indigenous: In Acre he got in contact with indigenous shamans that where using the ayahuasca and who introduced him to the tee.
- native: Of part Cherokee descent, she has studied with many native shamans around the globe.
- ancient: I think it possible that this last factor was put to use by some ancient shamans.
- white: Is this because there is no white shaman among these people?
Modifies a noun
- wasn't: Like his tribespeople, the shaman medicine man wasnât able to see past the filters of his cultural conditioning.
- woman: Shaman women dedicated to Freya still carried the magical staff.
- medicine: Like his tribespeople, the shaman medicine man wasnât able to see past the filters of his cultural conditioning.
- man: Like his tribespeople, the shaman medicine man wasnât able to see past the filters of his cultural conditioning.
Noun used with modifier
- master: To become a good master shaman one should commit to a two years plant diet.
- woman: He decides to use this opportunity to search for a mysterious woman shaman he had been told about by his mentor, Socrates.
Possessives
- work: Many current interpretations emphasize the healing side of shamanism, but this is only one aspect of the shaman's work.
Preposition: of
- tribe: From this I believe we may see further evidence of the assumption of animal form by the shaman of the tribe.
