| abathandazeli |
faithhealer |
| amaXhwele |
herbalists |
| Amagqirha or izangoma |
priest diviners |
| amagqirha |
priest diviner |
| Abathandazeli |
faith healers |
| Amafufunyane |
disease targeting girls and believed to be caused by a sorcerer(“isizwe”) |
| Amagqirha |
priest diviners |
| Amagumbiokuxilongela |
traditional healer’s consultation lodge |
| Amakhubalo |
protective charms/amulets |
| EtaMandem |
high god (Kenyang of Cameroon) |
| Idliso |
poisoning by spirits (literally, “that which has been eaten”) |
| Impilo |
medicine used for restoring health/a state of total well-being |
| Impundulu |
lightening bird |
| Intawaso |
animistic force responsible for psychiatric disorder |
| Intwaso or ukuthwasa |
entry into, meaning initiation into priest divinership |
| Inanuse |
diviners |
| Ilishwa |
misfortune |
| Isimnyama |
repulsiveness |
| Ingqongqo |
cowhide |
| Imixube |
herbal mixture |
| Izinyamazane |
protective remedies |
| Izinyanga Ezixube Nolwazi ewabelungu |
homeopathic herbalists |
| Isimnyama |
disease caused by mystical force, which leads to intense suffering |
| Imihlanti |
a goatskin bag |
| Inyanga (Zulu) |
herbalist |
| Ixhwele (Xhosa) |
herbalist |
| Iqgirha lentloko |
“head diviner/chief” |
| Izangoma esichitha amathambo |
diviner who uses bone throwing/ bone thrower |
| Igqirha lemilozi |
“whistling diviners” |
| Marabou (French) |
medicine man |
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high god (Zezuru of Zimbabwe) |
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| Ngaka |
apprentice |
| Ochitha |
herbal vendor |
| Omazala |
mother-in-laws |
| Omakhulu |
grandmothers |
| Siyavuma |
to agree/especially with a diviner’s divination |
| Thwasa |
a calling for priest divinership |
| Uganga |
(Zaramo, Tanzania) expertise in traditional medicine |
| Ukubhodla |
acidicity |
| Ukukhutywa |
uncontrollable hiccup |
| Umrhawule/umsamo |
traditional healer’s shrine |
| Umvelingqangi |
high god (Zulu) |
| Umlozi |
whistling |
| Umthandazeli |
faith healer |