A folk healer is an unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies, and the power of suggestion. The term...

applied by those in a specific role of healer such as a shaman or midwife. Three factors legitimize the role of the healer – their own beliefs, the success...

Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle...

Look up healer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Healer may refer to: Doctor of Medicine Health professional Faith healer Folk healer Healer (alternative...

Cunning folk Dowsing Folk healer Hex Sign Pentagram Pow wow, a gathering of Native Americans Donmoyer, Patrick (2017). "Powwowing in Pennsylvania: Healing Rituals...

pronunciation: [brǎːt͡so]), sometimes called "The Gazer", is a Croatian self-styled "healer". He does not touch, speak to, diagnose, or treat the people who come to...

sinners and false idols. Their ranks are filled by folk healers, indigenous spirits, and folk heroes. Folk saints occur throughout the Catholic world, and they...

cultural identity Curandero – Traditional healer found in Latin America and the United States Folk healer – Unlicensed traditional health practitioner...

believed that magical healers (called 'cunning folk' or 'wise people') could undo bewitchment. Hutton says that healers and cunning folk "were sometimes denounced...

Filipino term for a witch doctor, folk healer or medicine man, derived from Spanish herbolario (herbalist). They practice folk medicine and use medicinal plants...