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The Old Chinese reconstruction is uncertain, given as *m y wo or as *m y ag, [a] the presence of a final velar-g or -ɣ in Old Chinese being uncertain. By the late Zhou dynasty (4th to 3rd centuries BCE), wu referred mostly to female shamans or "sorceresses", while male sorcerers were named xi 覡 "male shaman; sorcerer", first attested in the ...
Chinese Mediumship, which originated from Chinese Shamanism, is widely practised in Chinese Folk Religion in Taiwan. Taoism Talisman and certain sorcery practice in Taoism also originated from Chinese Shamanism.
Chinese sorcery scares refer to a series of moral panics or mass hysteria events in Imperial China, occurring in 1768, 1810, 1876, and 1908. [1] These scares were characterized by widespread fears of sorcery practices, particularly "soul-stealing," a form of alleged magic believed to cause illness or death.
Gu (Chinese: 蛊) or jincan (Chinese: 金蠶) was a venom-based poison associated with cultures of south China, particularly Nanyue.The traditional preparation of gu poison involved sealing several venomous creatures (e.g., centipede, snake, scorpion) inside a closed container, where they devoured one another and allegedly concentrated their toxins into a single survivor, whose body would be ...
On discovering that Consort Hwi-bin Kim had used witchcraft on the crown prince, Sejong the Great (1397–1450) described her as a "sorcerer" or "evil monster" (Hanja: 妖邪: "sorcery; witchcraft") and had her thrown out of the palace. [21]
Fulu for placement above the primary entrance of one's home, intended to protect against evil. Fulu (traditional Chinese: 符籙; simplified Chinese: 符箓; pinyin: fúlù) are Taoist magic symbols and incantations, [1] [2] translatable into English as 'talismanic script', [a] which are written or painted on talismans by Taoist practitioners.
Villain hitting, da siu yan (Chinese: 打小人), demon exorcising, [1] or petty person beating, [2] [3] is a folk sorcery popular in the Guangdong area of China and Hong Kong—primarily associated with Cantonese. Its purpose is to curse one's enemies using magic.
Chinese people executed for witchcraft (3 P) Pages in category "Witchcraft in China" ... Chinese sorcery scares; D. Princess Duan (Murong Chui's wife) M. Empress Meng;