wizard in Among cannibals
se their proper names in addressing or speaking of each other, but simply their class- names. The wizard is, as a rule, a man far advanced in years, but I knew a youth of only twenty who enjoyed a great reputation for his sorcery. The wizard is also the physician of the tribe, and imagines that he…
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- 1,889
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- 1798
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- Among cannibals; Carl Lumholtz
- Published
- 1889
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- wizard
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Queensland (QLD): B
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- QLD
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se their proper names in addressing or speaking of each other, but simply their class- names. The wizard is, as a rule, a man far advanced in years, but I knew a youth of only twenty who enjoyed a great reputation for his sorcery. The wizard is also the physician of the tribe, and imagines that he can cure all diseases and that he has great power over the " devil-devil." I once met a black man who told me that he personally had been the victim of strange wizards, and that ever since that time he had been a sufferer from headache. One afternoon, many years ago, two wizards had captured him and bound him ; they had taken out his.
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