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Also Known As	medicine person • healer

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Ivorian healer performing a cure.

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Topics

Shamanism Witch doctor folk medicine saint martyr messiah Sacred clown sangoma Jesus four sacred medicines Ayurveda Apostle ʿuqqāl

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Wovoka

American Indian prophet