shaman
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"May all that is bad dissolve into the river and never return," the shaman chanted.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Once, they brought in a shaman to cleanse the house with sage and cedar during a full blood moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Spear dies a hero at the second season’s close, only for a shaman to reanimate him in the third season premiere as a zombie.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
Police in Austria have issued a European arrest warrant for a woman they believe posed as a shaman to defraud victims out of large sums of money.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025
In the center, a lone golden feather, the mark of a new shaman, stood tall and bright.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
He points to the ayahuasqueros, or shamans of the Amazon Basin, as an example of how humans have engaged in radically different methodologies of discovery for generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Peruvian shamans predict global conflict, a White House shakeup in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
The shamans, like the one seen in “Squid Game,” usually are mediators to the spirit world using divination or other rituals.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
Mr Verrett has said he is the latest in six generations of shamans and once said he died for four minutes and 25 seconds.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
Presumably shamans recounted their stories to attentive crowds; almost certainly, they explained when and where the gods wanted to build mounds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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