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medicine man
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medicine mannoun
a Native American shaman
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medicine mannoun
A Native American shamanistic healer.
Etymology: Probably a calque of mashkikiiwinini, from mashkiki + inini.
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Medicine man
A medicine man or medicine woman is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Individual cultures have their own names, in their respective languages, for spiritual healers and ceremonial leaders in their particular cultures.
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medicine man
A medicine man is a spiritual leader, healer or shaman in tribal or indigenous societies who is believed to have special powers to cure diseases, communicate with or appease spirits, and provide guidance or prophecies to the community. Their practices often involve use of traditional or herbal medicine, and various rituals or ceremonies. They are typically revered and respected figures within their community.
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Medicine man
"Medicine man" or "medicine woman" are English terms used to describe traditional healers and spiritual leaders among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal peoples. Anthropologists tend to prefer the term "shaman," a specific term for a spiritual mediator from the Tungusic peoples of Siberia.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of medicine man in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of medicine man in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of medicine man in a Sentence
After having lived for years with different cancers, and having surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, I thought it would be wonderful if we could find different kinds of treatments for people going through cancer, i’ve been lucky enough to be married to an amazing man, ‘Amazon’ John [Easterling], who’s a plant medicine man. So I’ve taken a lot of plant medicine over the last years and have done well. We want to raise money to fund the studies on plant medicine.
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- MedizinmannGerman
- šamaani, poppamiesFinnish
- homme-médecineFrench
- fear míochaineIrish
- जादूगरHindi
- uomo di medicinaItalian
- medicinae hominemLatin
- hataałiiNavajo, Navaho
- mashkikiiwininiOjibwe, Ojibwa
- homem medicinaPortuguese
- 药人Chinese
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