In Finnish folklore (Lapland), an '''Etiäinen''' is a spirit sent forth by a shaman or by a person in great distress.
Etiäinen will appear either where the shaman wishes or find the person with whom the sender has the strongest emotional
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...ep further by causing more suffering to the victim. At this stage a Bomoh (shaman) or spiritual leader such as an imam or a priest is called to cast out the
...n for the polong to name some other person to misguide the '''pawang''' (''shaman''). Hence, the admission must be taken cautiously.
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...re oneself of a wekufe, the sick person should seek the aid of the machi ''shaman''.
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...each of some death taboo. It scared game away from the vicinity. Thus, the shaman had to help by scaring it away with a knife.
...es of animals. It was dangerous, it might attack the settlement. Then, the shaman had to combat it and devour it with his/her helping spirits.
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Typically the owner, the Bomoh (shaman), uses the spirit in an exploitative way for monetary gain. The pelesit is
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...of the dead and the indigenous ancestors of old. The word is also used for shaman or witch-doctors in some Colombian indigenous cultures (such as the Panches
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A '''bomoh''' or '''dukun''' is a shaman in Malaysia.
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...dles’’ contained small shards of Mishipeshu’s horns. Unfortunately, if the shaman who made this request, in any way abused this privilege, his punishment wou
...for this boon, his wife and son had to perish. Following their deaths, the shaman eventually died a poverty stricken and lonely man.
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...nda Schele and Joy Parker (1993). Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: William Morrow & Co.. ISBN 0-688-10081-3. OCLC 27430287.
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...irit creatures which are influential to the background of the teenage Ainu shaman Horohoro. A particular koropokkur-- named Kororo (Corey, in English) accomp
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...burial site of the ''Lord of Sipán''. The Lord was probably a high-ranking shaman or leader, found in an impressive Moche burial ground, near Chiclayo, in Pe
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Kushtakas are usually known to be malevolent, always at war with a village's shaman, but there are a few tales where they were actually beneficial to the Tling
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...es. They also have a pact with shamans and other supernatural creatures; a shaman won't turn in a suspected tlahuelpuchi. The typical sign that a victim was
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*Manga/TV anime Shaman King - Shikigami factor into this series, most especially the two created b
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*[[Shaman]]
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A '''Toyol''' or '''Tuyul''' is a small child spirit invoked by a bomoh (shaman) in the Malay mythology of South-East Asia (notably Indonesia, Thailand, Ma
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...de in his image by a widow mourning her husband; she would hire a dukun (a shaman) to bring his soul and a dalang (a puppeteer/story-teller) to work the siga
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...me cultures, acting as a psychopompos was also one of the functions of a [[shaman]]. This could include not only acompanying the soul of the dead, but also v
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* In the Shaman King series, some spirits appear sometimes in a Hitodama-like form, most no
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...tiation rites and gained the knowledge that is needed to become a powerful shaman.
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