What does incantor mean?
Incantor means One who performs incantations; one who incants..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who performs incantations; one who incants..
But to contact the spirit an incantor 'au-ua-ro-ar' [auwarawar] is necessary. He squats and rubs the inside of his thigh and howls and wails ecstatically. The chief then asks his questions […]
In pre-Christian Chuuk, an incantor (awarawar) contacted spirits during ecstatic behavior [Kubary 1969:22], with a lineage chief acting as middleman between caller and spirit, asking questions and interpreting the incantor's mumblings.
... and that he wanted to answer me by natural reason found by himself; and he is sure that when I listen to him, I will say that he is an incantor and a magus. Another Ferrarese ambassador of humanist education, Pellegrino Prisciani, ...
That meant her captor was either an incantor—no other demonic breed possessed and wielded magick—or a practitioner. Her inner demon wasn't afraid.
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Incantor means One who performs incantations; one who incants..
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But to contact the spirit an incantor 'au-ua-ro-ar' [auwarawar] is necessary. He squats and rubs the inside of his thigh and howls and wails ecstatically. The chief then asks his questions […]
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