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PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
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馃嚠馃嚪 Iran and 2 moreHaoma
A divine plant and spirit in Zoroastrianism, linked to healing and ancient rituals.Substance 路 Healing 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 2 moreIsis隃t (Egyptian)
Egyptian goddess of magic, mourning and kingship, mother of HorusBeing 路 Protection 路 Healing Historical
馃嚚馃嚘 CanadaPinga
An Inuit goddess of the hunt and medicine who oversees caribou herds and souls.Being 路 Healing 路 Cursing and harm Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 2 moreIsis隃t (Egyptian)
Egyptian goddess of magic, mourning and kingship, mother of HorusBeing 路 Protection 路 Healing Historical
馃嚚馃嚘 CanadaPinga
An Inuit goddess of the hunt and medicine who oversees caribou herds and souls.Being 路 Healing 路 Cursing and harm Historical
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- Isis: 脛gyptischer Maler um 1360 v. Chr., Public domain, source