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A '''medicine man''' is a person recognized as a local physician knowledgeable in the healing arts who serves at the will of the people in the community. The communities for which this positioon exists are often hunter-gatherer or | ||
| The communities for which this term is applied are often hunter-gatherer or | |||
| agrarian. | agrarian. | ||
| The medicine man is an artist who applies with skill the ] about healing arts to the local ]. | The medicine man is an artist who applies with skill the ] about healing arts to the local ]. He is not unlike the modern day ] whose practice is measured in court against the norm of practice within the local community. | ||
| ''I am not qualified to edit this page, but I am qualified to ask one applies | |||
| "healing arts" to a folklore, local or otherwise.'' | |||
| Not unlike the modern day ] who practice is measured in court against the norm of practice within the local community. | |||
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A medicine man is a person recognized as a local physician knowledgeable in the healing arts who serves at the will of the people in the community. The communities for which this positioon exists are often hunter-gatherer or agrarian.
The medicine man is an artist who applies with skill the endemic knowledge about healing arts to the local folklore. He is not unlike the modern day physician whose practice is measured in court against the norm of practice within the local community.