Hunter-Gatherer Language Database
From Span. 'caja' (box). See Language page: PLE: shaman, healer: chamán, brujo: xaman, pajé, feiticeiro: culture-mythology: In RN region, there is typically one person per village (if that) who is a full-fledged 'shaman'. He is very much a specialist and has considerable power to cure, as well as power to curse. He is respected and feared.