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The character 巫 wu besides the meanings of "spirit medium, shaman, witch doctor" (etc.) also has served as a toponym: Wushan 巫山 (near Chongqing in Sichuan Province), Wuxi 巫溪 "Wu Stream", Wuxia 巫峽 "Wu Gorge". [10] Wu is also a surname (in antiquity, the name of legendary Wu Xian 巫咸).
William Griggs was a medical doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts. He is best known as the doctor who diagnosed the Salem Villagers as possessed, during the time of the Salem witch trials . [ 1 ] Griggs was in charge of diagnosing and determining how "much" of a witch they were.
Other types include sobadors, who are masseurs, and brujos or brujas, who are witch doctors. [13] Among these broader terms, there are several subspecialties. For instance, yerberos who work primarily with tobacco to heal patients are known as tabaqueros. Healers who work primarily with ayahuasca are known as ayahuasqueros.
This word can mean either doctor or sorcerer, as in terms like mawpii (หมอผี; Mo Phi, "spirit doctor") and mawduu (หมอดู; Mo du, "fortune-teller"). Prior to the later introduction of the English-derived "doktor" or the Arabic word "tabib", the bomoh served as healers and physicians in Malay society.
Meet the 'Witch Doctor Sheriff' of Beaufort County. Meet James Edwin McTeer. Born in nearby Hardeeville in 1903, “Ed” McTeer became sheriff of Beaufort County on Feb. 11, 1926, at the age of ...
Rebecca Nurse (née Towne; February 13, 1621 – July 19, 1692) was a woman who was accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
Voiced by (English): Cristina Vee (Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift); Kate Higgins (Continuum Shift Extend ~ onward [As Izanami]) Voiced by (Japanese): Kanako Kondō (Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift); Yukana (Continuum Shift Extend ~ onward [As Izanami]) [29] Saya (サヤ) is the younger sister of Jin and Ragna. She was born with a ...
The most common use of the term is to refer to the souls of the dead and the indigenous ancestors of old. The word is also used for shamans or witch doctors in some Colombian Indigenous cultures (such as the Panches). Un muñeco de Mohán.