SHAMAN  巫師

ADULT HUMAN whose WORK is to COMMUNICATE with DEITIES so as to SERVE OTHER HUMANS. 
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Hypernym
  • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
See also
  • MAGICSUPERNATURAL SKILL.
    Hyponym
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans.

    2. Xí 覡 is a rare word which seems to have been limited to male shamans in pre-Han times but came to be used generally for shamanes female and male alike, in post-Han times.

    3. Zhù 祝 refers to the impersonator of the dead ancestor on sacrificial occasions: these are not really shamans, but they temporarily perform the roles of a shaman representing the dead or communicating with them.

    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    SACRIFICE 24. 巫是以工具來表示可通天地四方之人，即巫師。商代的巫，職權大，地位高，春秋戰國時巫已轉入民間，且出現祝、卜、史等的內部分工。

    巫，男女巫師的通稱，與覡相對時，特指女巫。

    覡，男巫。

    祝，祭祀時司禮之人即男巫，強調用言語與鬼神溝通。

    靈，楚方言詞，指巫師。

    醫，借神靈之力為人治病的人。

    史，擔任星曆、卜筮及記事人員，記史并兼管星曆卜筮和作祝辭等。

    卜，從事卜筮的人，長官稱大卜。

    GY: 如是則明神降之〔六〕，在男曰覡，在女曰巫〔七〕。

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    巫師

    巫神

    神巫

    師公

    巫

    瞧香的

    女巫

    巫婆

    師婆

    神婆

    仙姑

    關亡婆

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 131

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 22.18

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      SACERDOS

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 225

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.2066

    • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.903

    • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1248

    • Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology ( BARNARD AND SPENCER 2002) p.

    • Realencyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft ( PAULY 1894-1973) p. 2.2314

      AUGURES

    • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.267

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 42

    Words

    祝  zhù OC: tjuɡ MC: tɕuk 49 AttributionsWD

    Zhù 祝 refers to the impersonator of the dead ancestor on sacrificial occasions: these are not really shamans, but they temporarily perform the roles of a shaman representing the dead or communicating with them.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 巫/SHAMAN The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans.

      Syntactic words
    • n+Nprtitleshaman X
    • ndefinitethe impersonator of the dead at sacrifices
    • nnonreferentialshaman; impersonator of the dead
    • v[adN]invocator, impersonator of the dead ancestor at prayer; person in charge of ancestral prayers; prayer-master
    巫  wū OC: ma MC: mi̯o 39 AttributionsWD

    The general word for a shaman is wū 巫, and although this word was perceived to refer specifically to female shamans.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 匠/CARPENTER
    • Assoc: 祝/SHAMAN Zhù 祝 refers to the impersonator of the dead ancestor on sacrificial occasions: these are not really shamans, but they temporarily perform the roles of a shaman representing the dead or communicating with them.
    • Assoc: 蠱/BEWITCH The standard word for bewitchment through supernatural obnoxious influences is gǔ 蠱.
    • Assoc: 醫/PHYSICIAN The general standard word for a doctor is yī 醫.

      Syntactic words
    • nshamaness; (but note GUAN 女巫 ); generally: shaman; exorcist GY: 如是則明神降之〔六〕，在男曰覡，在女曰巫〔七〕。
    • n+NprtitleShaman 巫咸
    • nabactshamanistic practices, shamanism
    巫祝  wū zhù OC: ma tjuɡ MC: mi̯o tɕuk 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialshaman of any kind
    蠱  gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]obnoxious bewitcher, person with an obnoxious influence; witch
    覡  xí OC: ɡeeɡ MC: ɦek 1 AttributionWD

    Xí 覡 is a rare word which seems to have been limited to male shamans in pre-Han times but came to be used generally for shamanes female and male alike, in post-Han times.

      Syntactic words
    • nmale shaman; post-Han: male or female shaman GY: 如是則明神降之〔六〕，在男曰覡，在女曰巫〔七〕。
    尸祝  shī zhù OC: qhlji tjuɡ MC: ɕi tɕuk 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe impersonator of the dead
    祝巫  zhù wū wǔ MC: tsyuwk mju OC: tjuɡ maCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPplural(often) female local religious leadersCH
    擊  jī MC: kek OC: keeɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • n= xí 覡: male shamanLZ
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPplural(often) female local religious leadersCH

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