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...
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Traditional medicine (redirect from Folk healing)
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...
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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...
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Look up healer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Healer may refer to: Doctor of Medicine Health professional Faith healer Folk healer Healer (alternative...
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Cunning folk Dowsing Folk healer Hex Sign Pentagram Pow wow, a gathering of Native Americans Donmoyer, Patrick (2017). "Powwowing in Pennsylvania: Healing Rituals...
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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...
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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...
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Medicine man (redirect from Native American healing)
cultural identity Curandero – Traditional healer found in Latin America and the United States Folk healer – Unlicensed traditional health practitioner...
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Witchcraft (section Witchcraft and folk healers)
believed that magical healers (called 'cunning folk' or 'wise people') could undo bewitchment. Hutton says that healers and cunning folk "were sometimes denounced...
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Filipino term for a witch doctor, folk healer or medicine man, derived from Spanish herbolario (herbalist). They practice folk medicine and use medicinal plants...
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