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shaman Definition

sha·man (s̸hämən, s̸hā-; s̸hamən)

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

shaman Related Forms
sha·manic (s̸hə manik) adjective
shaman Synonyms

shaman

n.

medicine man, witch doctor, angakok, obeah doctor, mundunugu; see also priest.

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.

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