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ZnachorZnachor (literally The one who knows the illnesses, plural znachorzy, Russian знахар) was the name applied to practitioners of folk magic in the times of Slavic mythology. The znachorzy were healers, herbalists, midwives, and were known as wise women and cunning men. The znachorzy would detect poison, and interpret dreams to detect witchcraft and counteract the evil eye and baneful spells. They did not conjure spirits, but use the whispers, which are more important than the amulets or talismans used in the spellwork. With time their role of shamans faded and since early middle ages the term was applied to almost every local medician and practicioner of popular medicine.
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