shaman

IPA: ʃˈeɪmʌn

A traditional (unscientific) faith healer.
A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds.

Examples of "shaman" in Sentences

He is the supreme shaman to the god.
The medium is the modern urban shaman.
Goblin Shaman are the magical counterpart of the Bosses.
Laogzed's shamans officiate at the annual shedding of the skins.
The ritual marked the initiation of a new shaman for the village.
In many cultures, the shaman also fulfills the role of the psychopomp.
The ritual serves to cure the shinbyeong and also to induct the new shaman.
He or she accompanies the rituals and interprets the behavior of the shaman.
It proclaims the shaman's abilities and announces the shaman to the spirits.
If the shaman succeeds in appeasing her the animals will be released as normal.
When you think of the term shaman or medicine man it might conjure up images of African witchdoctors.
The shaman is the state shifter, the channel-changer par excellence, for the shaman is the master technician of ecstasy.
On one side of the shaman is a bonfire and on the other side are the ceremonial objects, including ears of corn and peyote.
A HREF = "images1105/i1105large. jpg" Here again, we see the coexistence of indigenous and Spanish beliefs, as a shaman is among the figures gathered in the pews.