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Unlicensed traditional health practitioner
A folk healer is an unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies and the power of suggestion. The term
Folk_healer
Practitioner of folk magic in Europe
Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle
Cunning_folk
Formalized folk medicine
applied by those in a specific role of healer such as a shaman or midwife. Three factors legitimize the role of the healer – their own beliefs, the success
Traditional_medicine
East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Her father was a renowned folk healer from Arunachal Pradesh. Jamoh completed her Bachelor's and Master's in
Yanung_Jamoh_Lego
Topics referred to by the same term
often in the context of pre-modern European peasantry, to: Folk healer (also called cunning folk) Midwife Wise Woman may also refer to: Wise woman among
Wise_Woman
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up healer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Healer may refer to: Doctor of Medicine Health professional Faith healer Folk healer Healer (alternative
Healer
Filipino term for a witch doctor
Filipino term for a witch doctor, folk healer or medicine man, derived from Spanish herbolario (herbalist). They practice folk medicine and use medicinal plants
Albularyo
Croatian faith healer
pronunciation: [brǎːt͡so]), sometimes called "The Gazer", is a Croatian self-styled "healer". He does not touch, speak to, diagnose, or treat the people who come to
Braco_(faith_healer)
Spirit unofficially recognized by a group of people
sinners and false idols. Their ranks are filled by folk healers, indigenous spirits, and folk heroes. Folk saints occur throughout the Catholic and Orthodox
Folk_saint
Practices believed to use supernatural powers
Hungary seem to have been healers, and Kathleen Stokker says the "vast majority" of Norway's accused witches were folk healers. Societies that believe (or
Witchcraft
Spanish folk healer (1275–1340)
1275–1340), was a Catalan folk healer. She was a married peasant woman who lived in Subirats Alt Penedès and was active as a folk healer and a fortune teller
Gueraula_de_Codines
Mexican revolutionary (1873–1906)
the Mayo (October 15, 1873 – January 11, 1906), was a Mexican mystic, folk healer, and revolutionary insurgent. Urrea was born in 1873 in Ocoroni, Sinaloa
Teresa_Urrea
Belief in witchcraft in Europe
people believed that magical healers (called 'cunning folk' or 'wise people') could undo bewitchment. These magical healers were sometimes denounced as
European_witchcraft
Early 20th-Century Curandero and Folk Saint
Don Pedro Jaramillo was a curandero and folk saint from the South Texas Valley region. He was known as "the healer of Los Olmos Creek" and "el mero jefe"
Don_Pedro_Jaramillo
1993 murder of American high schooler
deprecated archival service (link) Allen, Elizabeth A. (March 5, 1994). "Folk healer blames Cisneros in murder Martinez testifies doctor's wife wanted Fischer
Murder_of_Joey_Fischer
Mamante or Mamanti (Kiowa: Ǥáuñ:mâmáñ:d̶è, shortened form Mâmáñ:d̶è, lit. ''Goose-Above-CameAlong-One''), also known as "He Walks-Above", "Sky Walker"
Maman-ti
Local tales and legends from Malaysia
Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of Malaysia and other indigenous people of the Malay Archipelago as expressed in its oral traditions, written manuscripts
Folklore_of_Malaysia
Vlaycho (Bulgarian: Влайчо Жечев/Дядо Влайчо), was a Bulgarian mystic and folk healer who survived the early concentration camps in Bulgaria during the communist
Vlaycho_Zhechev
Being in Jewish folklore made from clay
historical figure is included in a tradition connected to the Baal Shem (folk healer) named Elijah of Chełm (1550–1583). The Christian author Christoph Arnold
Golem
Keannekeuk (c. 1790–1852), also known as the "Kickapoo Prophet", was a Kickapoo medicine man and spiritual leader of the Vermilion band of the Kickapoo
Kennekuk
Caddo-Delaware-French medicine man and religious leader
"John Wilson the Revealer of Peyote" (c.1845–1901) was a Caddo medicine man who introduced the Peyote plant into a religion, became a major leader in the
John_Wilson_(Caddo)
Species of flowering plant
prince's pine to treat tuberculosis. The twentieth century Appalachian folk healer Clarence "Catfish" Gray, "Man of the Woods", credited pipsissewa with
Chimaphila_umbellata
Filipino traditional medicine practitioner
a type of folk healer. The mananambal uses a combination of traditional practice and Christian beliefs. The amalgamation of folk healing and Christian
Mananambal
Honduran herbalist (1933–2016)
Retrieved August 1, 2020. Be Allah, Shah (August 8, 2016). "Famed Herbal Healer Dr Sebi 'Dies In Police Custody': The 83-year-old claimed to have a cure
Alfredo_Bowman
American writer and folk healer, 1802 – 1866
Parkhurst Quimby (February 16, 1802 – January 16, 1866) was an American folk healer, mentalist and mesmerist. His work is widely recognized as foundational
Phineas_Parkhurst_Quimby
or shamans; folk healer; kisaeng. Female shamans outnumbered male shamans, and women were usually only examined by women folk healers. Women were excluded
Sexuality_in_South_Korea
Early practices of the Latter Day Saints
in the 1820s and 1830s. Practices of the culture included folk healing, folk medicine, folk magic, and divination, remnants of which have been incorporated
Folk magic and the Latter Day Saint movement
Folk_magic_and_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
Southern Cheyenne Chief
Grey Beard (died 1875) was a Southern Cheyenne medicine man and chief. Among the Native American leaders and civilians rounded up at the end of the Red
Grey_Beard
System of American folk religion
system of Christian folk practice originating in the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1700s. Braucherei includes a range of healing rituals used primarily
Braucherei
Swedish folk healer
as "Lilla Guden" ("[The] Little God"), was a Swedish cunning woman or folk healer. She was one of the people accused of witchcraft in the Katarina witch
Elsa_Thomasdotter
1941 film by Alexandr Hackenschmied
local non-actors, it depicts life in a remote traditional pueblo where a folk healer comes into conflict with a teacher and outsiders who want to introduce
The_Forgotten_Village
South African radio personality
Ngizwe Mchunu is a South African radio personality and sangoma. He was born in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. Mchunu was a presenter for SABC's Ukhozi FM but
Ngizwe_Mchunu
Traditional healer in Latin America and the United States
[kuɾanˈdeɾo], "healer"; f. curandera, also spelled curandeiro, Portuguese: [kuɾɐ̃ˈdejɾu], f. curandeira) is a traditional native healer or shaman found
Curandero
Swedish folk healer executed for witchcraft (died 1671)
Staxäng (née Andersdotter; died 22 June 1671, Kungälv) was a Swedish folk healer, who was accused of witchcraft during the Great Noise Witch Trials of
Elin_i_Staxäng
Scandinavian folk magic texts
widely circulated among the cunning folk of Scandinavia, who in a rural land with few physicians were the folk healers sought out by ordinary people beset
Cyprianus (collection of spells)
Cyprianus_(collection_of_spells)
1996 novel by George R. R. Martin
badly wounded, and Daenerys commands the captive folk healer Mirri Maz Duur to save him. The healer, angered by the Dothraki raids against her people
A_Game_of_Thrones
Rare human disease
30-year-old woman affected by gigantomastia. The woman was told by a folk healer that her condition may have been caused by a curse. The measured bust
Breast_hypertrophy
Segnature is a traditional folk healing practice from Italy. It uses hand gestures, secret prayers, and signs. It is used to cure sickness, remove curses
Segnature
British businesswoman (1937–2022)
February 2022) was a British businesswoman and self-proclaimed spiritual healer who was previously a pop singer and celebrity psychic working under the
Lee_Everett_Alkin
2023 TV series or program
Court of Siam) Sornchai Chatwiriyachai [th] (Sonny) as the blind doctor (Folk Healer) Murad Yapici [th] () as Doctor Bradley (American Protestant missionary
Royal_Doctor
1987 film by Rob Reiner
to the Pit, discover his lifeless body, and take it to Miracle Max, a folk healer whom Humperdinck recently fired. Max declares that Westley is only "mostly
The_Princess_Bride
4th-century BC Greek woman
who lived in Athens in the fourth century BC, and worked as a witch or folk-healer. At some point before 323, she was tried and executed along with her
Theoris_of_Lemnos
Slovenian farmer, folk healer and poet (1902–1969)
Anka Salmič, (29 May 1902 – 2 September 1969) was a Slovenian farmer, folk healer and poet. Born into a poor rural family, she received limited formal
Anka_Salmič
Mexican folk saint
women in labor. As he progressed in his work, his reputation as a divine healer began to spread. In 1927, Fidencio cured the owner of the Espinazo estate
Niño_Fidencio
Swedish cottager and witchcraft defendant
Mofikerud or Captain Elin, was a Swedish tenant farmer and cunning woman (folk healer) who was charged with witchcraft. Elin was one of the central figures
Captain_Elin
Comanche warrior and medicine man (c. 1840 – 1916)
Isatai'i, also known as Isatai, or Eschiti (Comanche: Isa Tai'i, lit. 'Wolf Vulva'; c. 1840 – 1916) was a Comanche warrior and medicine man of the Kwaharʉ
Isatai'i
Alternative medicine technique
Stuart (2010). "Crystal and spiritual healing in northern England: Folk-inspired systems of medicine". Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain
Crystal_healing
Witch trial in Sweden
("[The] Little God"), folk healer, sentenced to pillorying. Helena Olofsdotter, "Sjumans-Elin" ("Seven-men's-Elin"), folk healer, sentenced to pillorying
Katarina_witch_trials
American prospector (1881–1969)
Patricio "Paddy" Martinez (1881– August 26, 1969) was an American prospector and sheepherder who discovered uranium at Haystack Mesa in the San Juan Basin
Paddy_Martinez
Universal Medicine Word of Faith § Healing Energy (esotericism) Folk healer Healing revival Inner Healing Movement Long Healing Prayer Medicine man (Native American)
List of esoteric healing articles
List_of_esoteric_healing_articles
Magical item
small glass vials, and a variety of other containers. A white witch or folk healer would prepare the witch's bottle. Historically, the witch's bottle contained
Witch_bottle
Swedish folk healer
"Sjumans-Elin" ("Seven Men's Elin"), was a Swedish cunning woman or folk healer. She was one of the people accused of witchcraft in the Katarina witch
Helena_Olofsdotter
8th-century Armenian hymnographer, poet and pedagogue
Sahakdukht (Armenian: Սահակադուխտ, lit. 'daughter of Sahak'; fl. early 8th century) was an Armenian hymnographer, poet and pedagogue who lived during the
Sahakdukht
Peruvian traditional healer and environmental activist (1937–2018)
Shipibo-Conibo Indigenous people of Ucayali region, a Ayahuasca plant medicine healer, and environmental and cultural rights activist. She advocated “for the
Olivia_Arévalo
Name list
Teresa Urrea, often referred to as Teresita (1873–1906), Mexican mystic, folk healer, and revolutionary insurgent Teresita Román Vélez (1925–2021), Colombian
Teresita_(given_name)
Oglala Lakota leader (1863–1950)
thought to be in the present-day state of Wyoming), in a long line of healers; his father was a medicine man, as were his paternal uncles. According
Black_Elk
Chief of indigenous Kuna people
Nele Kantule Iguibilikinya (1868–1944) was a famous chief and medicine man of the Guna indigenous tribe of Panama. He was born in Putorgandi, in what is
Nele_Kantule
Ethnic group of the Philippines
medicine, that's when they seek the help of an herbolario (herbalist or folk healer). They do so because the Aeta believe that their illnesses are caused
Aeta_people
Nigerian imam and scholar
pursued his wives, and that he was sought by them due to his reputation as a healer. Most of his wives were younger than 30, and a few younger than his elder
Mohammed_Bello_Abubakar
Historical Jewish practitioner of Practical Kabbalah
of Practical Kabbalah, folk healer, and thaumaturge (miracle worker). Employing various methods, Baalei Shem are claimed to heal, enact miracles, perform
Baal_Shem
Curse brought by a malevolent glare
indeed afflicted with the evil eye, both victim and healer then start yawning profusely. The healer then performs the sign of the cross three times, and
Evil_eye
2026 concert tour by Florence and the Machine
caused by an ectopic pregnancy while touring in 2023. Welch visited a folk healer and began researching the history of witchcraft and its connection to
Everybody_Scream_Tour
Portuguese writer
Alexandra de Alvarenga Solnado is a Portuguese writer who has published several books about spirituality. She has also worked as an actress and singer
Alexandra_Solnado
Rwandan woman who saved over 100 people from being killed by Hutu militias
traditional healers in the village of Musamo in Ruhango District, around an hour's drive from the nation's capital of Kigali. Karuhimbi also became a healer and
Zura_Karuhimbi
Entertainer in Nova Scotia, Canada
Jerry Lonecloud (July 4, 1854 – April 16, 1930) served as an entertainer, ethnographer, and medicine man among the Mi'kmaq people in Nova Scotia. His oral
Jerry_Lonecloud
Italian scholar of religion
particularly in Italy Contemporary Paganism and esotericism Vernacular and folk healing traditions (e.g., segnature) The role of discourse and social media in
Angela_Puca
Navajo leader
Nesjaja Hatali was a Navajo leader. Hatali was a medicine man in the Navajo tribe, but soon resisted US expansion into the southwest, alongside Manuelito
Nesjaja_Hatali
Prayer and gestures perceived to bring divine intervention in physical healing
faith healer dismissed". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, FL. February 21, 1956. p. 9. Retrieved 2014-01-23.[permanent dead link] "Faith healer Jack
Faith_healing
Australian actress
[citation needed] McBurney retired from acting in 2002 to become an educated healer.[clarification needed] She also went on to teach modelling and acting for
Judy_McBurney
Navajo artist, medicine person, and weaver
man. By age ten, Klah had memorized and could perform an entire Navajo healing ceremony. These ceremonies often involved dancing, chanting, singing, and
Hosteen_Klah
Galician distilled drink, alcoholic beverage
spirits of the misty vales. Crows, salamanders and witches, charms of the folk healer(ess). Rotten pierced canes, home of worms and vermin. Wisps of the Holy
Queimada_(drink)
Form of witchcraft focused on cooking
"Research Guides: Witchcraft, Women & the Healing Arts in the Early Modern Period: Wise-Women & Cunning Folk Healers". guides.library.uab.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-27
Kitchen_witchcraft
Hunkpapa Lakota leader (1831–1890)
Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake [tˣaˈtˣə̃ka ˈɪjɔtakɛ]; c. 1831–37 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years
Sitting_Bull
representations and are associated with healing and sympathetic practices from the Indigenous Philippine folk religions, of which the earliest examples
Religion in pre-colonial Philippines
Religion_in_pre-colonial_Philippines
1965 novel by Jerzy Kosinski
for. He is saved from an angry mob of villagers by Olga, an elderly folk healer, who takes him under her wing. Although she openly distrusts the boy
The_Painted_Bird
American writer (1939–2022)
2022) was an American writer, spiritual healer, businesswoman and teacher working in the field of energy healing. Brennan received a Bachelor of Science
Barbara_Brennan
17th-century Estonian healer accused of witchcraft
to returning later to try a cure with charcoal and water, a standard folk-healing practice. Ann's admissions may have been a strategy to shield her daughter
Kongla_Ann
Russian folk healer, astrologer and magician
(Russian: Павсекáкий Богдáнов) is a Russian broadcaster, journalist, producer, healer, astrologer and magician. He became a resident expert on spirituality and
Pavsekakiy_Bogdanov
American internist and author (1940–2026)
Chopra in that field. Dossey's "nonlocality" approach involves sending "healing energy" (though prayer, meditation, visualization, etc) to distant patients
Larry_Dossey
Magic as understood during the Middle Ages
relied on perspective, for example, if a healer attempted to cure a patient and failed, some would accuse the healer of intentionally harming the patient
Medieval_European_magic
Spanish alleged witch
Joan Pons of Sallent. She was active as a folk healer or cunning woman. Her mother had been a folk healer, and taught her the profession. She in turn
Jerònima_Muntanyola
Town in Lower Carniola, Slovenia
French, translator, poet Anka Salmič (1902–1969), Slovenian farmer, folk healer and poet Ferdinand Seidl (1856–1942), naturalist and geologist Damijan
Novo_Mesto
American occultist
Hohman's best known work is the collection of prayers and recipes for folk-healing titled Pow-Wows, or the Long Lost Friend, published in German in 1820
Johann_Georg_Hohman
Peerage person ID=6575
Countess Dorothea of Mansfeld (1493–8 June 1578) was a German noblewoman and healer. She was well known around Germany for her medical recipes, mentorship,
Dorothea_of_Mansfeld
Māori folk healer
Poihipi, known as Hikapuhi, (died 6 January 1934) was a New Zealand Māori healer who came to prominence in 1905. She was regarded by European and Māori authorities
Hikapuhi
Name list
(1853–1942), Swedish suffragist Gertrud Ahlgren (1782–1874), Swedish folk healer Gertrude Alderfer (1931–2018), American baseball player Gertrude Ansell
Gertrude_(given_name)
2012 American film
Mexico during the 1940s. The novel begins with Ultima, a curandera, or folk healer, going to live with the Márez family during the summer. Antonio is preoccupied
Bless_Me,_Ultima_(film)
East Slavic incantations
Zagovory (singular zagovor) is a form of verbal folk magic in Eastern Slavic folklore and mythology. Users of zagovory use incantations to enchant objects
Zagovory
Users of black magic in Philippine folklore
associated with indigenous Philippine folk religions, where Philippine shamans, who people come to for healing and rituals, are known to counter the magic
Witchcraft_in_the_Philippines
community. These people were known as cunning women or folk healers–not witches (bruxa). Portuguese folk magic was deeply ingrained into the fabric of peasant
Witch_trials_in_Portugal
men were accused because they were folk healers who were felt to have misused their powers, although folk healers as a group were not targeted. Most were
Witch trials in early modern Scotland
Witch_trials_in_early_modern_Scotland
Species of tree
mallow family Malvaceae. Garcinia kola is traditionally used by African folk healers who believe that it has purgative, antiparasitic, and antimicrobial properties
Garcinia_kola
1989 kidnapping and murder in Mexico
wooden cross above the ashes. Reportedly, the police took a curandero (folk-healer) to purify the shack before burning it down. The curandero went inside
Murder_of_Mark_Kilroy
Native American traditional healer and spiritual practitioner
A medicine man or medicine woman is a traditional healer and spiritual leader who serves a community of Indigenous people of the Americas. Each culture
Medicine man (Native American)
Medicine_man_(Native_American)
English medicine practitioner
Mary Trye (born 1642) was a woman who practiced medicine in Warwickshire, England and the city of London, in an era when women were not permitted to become
Mary_Trye
Oriental Orthodox Church denomination of Ethiopia
minor orders. These men may act as deacons or exorcists, and the role of folk healer is commonly undertaken as well. Folklore and legends ascribe the role
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church
abortions in the country are illegal, either self-induced or provided by folk healers or unauthorized medical providers. Unsafe abortion is common. The penal
Abortion_in_Burundi
Ukrainian magicians
magician and healer in the Ukrainian Carpathians who is believed to possess supernatural abilities. The image of the molfar was formed within the folk culture
Molfar
Inuit intellectual and spiritual figure
Shamanism Tuurngaq Sedna (mythology) Adlivun Alaska Native religion Folk healer Spirit guide Uvavnuk Plural: angakkuit, Inuktitut syllabics ᐊᖓᑦᑯᖅ or
Angakkuq
Ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier used to refer to Ethiopians and Eritreans
priest figure trained by the Church as a scribe, cantor, and often as a folk healer, who may also function in roles comparable to a deacon or exorcist. Folklore
Habesha_peoples
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