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Stone Dragon Press alternative lifestyles speculative fiction horror fantasy |
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miko (Female Shamans) 06 / 26 / 2014
(sorcerer, diviner, medium, shrine maiden)
fu (sorcerer, diviner, medium, shrine maiden) jo (woman) mi (sorcerer, diviner, medium, shrine maiden) ko (child) mi | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ko (child) ❖ * Pronounced miko ❖ Shamaness, sorceress, medium, diviner, shrine maiden, or virgin dedicated to kami Female Shamans A woman possessing the ability to receive takusen in a state of kamigakari. A miko is capable of summoning a divine spirit or the spirit of a deceased person into her body and mind; this process is called hyôi or kamigakari. Usually called a "shaman," although, as she serves as an intermediary to the world of divine or deceased spirits, she could just as readily be called a reibai.
❖ Also called fugeki, onna miko (female shaman), onna fu, kannagi, kannaki, joshuku, jofu, fujo
fu (medium, diviner, shaman, oracle)
geki (medium, diviner, shaman, oracle) fugeki (shaman, oracle, diviner, medium) onna (woman, female) mi | kami (that which inspires feelings of reverence, awe, gratitude, fear/terror) ko (child) onna miko (female child serving to the kami) onna (woman, female) fu (medium, diviner, shaman, oracle) onna fu (female medium, female diviner, female shaman, female oracle) kannagi (medium, diviner, shaman, oracle ) kannaki (invocation, congratulation, celebration) jo (woman, female) shuku (invocation, congratulation, celebration) joshuku (female medium, female oracle) jo (woman, female) fu (medium, diviner, shaman, oracle) jofu (female medium, female diviner, female shaman, female oracle) fu (medium, diviner, shaman, oracle) jo (woman, female) fujo (female medium, female diviner, female shaman, female oracle)
rei (spirits, soul)
bai (mediator) ❖ (medium) |
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