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Dukun

Dukun is an Indonesian term for shaman. Their societal role is that of a traditional healer, spirit medium, custom and tradition experts and on occasion sorcerers and masters of black magic (witchcraft). In common usage the dukun is often confused with another type of shaman, the pawang. It is often mistranslated into English as "witch doctor" or…

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IndonesianShamanTraditional healerSpirit mediumSorcerers
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MantraKerisHexesIncantations
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Society, belief and violence

East JavaIndonesiaNinjas
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Becoming a dukun

Proto-Malay
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Becoming a dukun

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Society, belief and violence

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Dukun

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples26
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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related to Becoming a dukun · 4
Dukun → Initiates, Proto-Malay, The, Typically
related to Fraud and assault · 3
Dukun → Indonesia, Many, Sometimes
related to Spiritual communications · 3
Dukun → Javanese, Many, Sundanese
is a · 2
Dukun → Indonesian term for shaman, very epitome of the kejawen or kebatinan belief system indigenous to Java
related to Medicinal and curative · 2
Dukun → The, They
related to Sorcery · 2
Dukun → On, Some
causes · 1
Dukun → pain and even death to the target. from distant ranges without physical contactSirep
related to Divination and soothsaying · 1
Dukun → This
related to Exorcism · 1
Dukun → Spirits

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Dukuncausespain and even death to the target. from distant ranges without physical contactSirep0.90text
Dukunis aIndonesian term for shaman0.90text
Dukunis avery epitome of the kejawen or kebatinan belief system indigenous to Java0.90text
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a love spellinstance ofIt may be benevolent0.80text
or malevolent- causing the target to murder someone else.Santetinstance ofIt may be benevolent0.80text
Dukunrelated to Becoming a dukunThe0.60section
Dukunrelated to Becoming a dukunInitiates0.60section

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