Archetype:Shaman

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a shaman. Variation of Mystic.

Also Called[]

• Medicine Man/Woman
• Mu (Korean term)
• Shaman Physiology
• Witch Doctor (Tribal term)
• Wu (Chinese term)

Properties[]

Users are a shaman, someone who interacts with a spirit world/realm through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination, or to aid human beings in some other way.

Associated Powers[]

• Black Shamanism (Varies; if evil)
• Psychopomp
  • Afterlife Border
  • Afterlife Transport
  • Afterlife Traveling
  • Soul Absorption
  • Soul Carrier
  • Soul Channeling
  • Soul Materialization
  • Soul Removal
  • Soul Summoning
• Sage (Varies)
  • Enlightenment
  • Higher Consciousness
  • Spiritual Meditation
• Seer (Varies)
  • Extrasensory Perception
• Shamanism
  • Ancestral Evocation
  • Clairvoyance
  • Ecological Empathy
  • Guidance
    • Spiritual Assistance
  • Nature Magic
    • Nature Manipulation
  • Spiritual Element Manipulation
  • Totemism
• Spiritualism
  • Astral Manipulation
  • Invocation
  • Mediumship
  • Spirit/Transcendent Physiology
    • Flight
    • Inaudibility
    • Intangibility
    • Invisibility
    • Spiritual Force Manipulation
      • Spirit Manipulation
        • Ectoplasm Manipulation
        • Phantasm Manipulation
• Telekinesis
• Telepathy
• Teleportation

Variations/Relationships[]

• Bokor: The African variants who practice the closely related Voodoo.
• Magician
  • Sage: Shamans were seen as very wise people.
  • Seer: Shamans were the original seers.
  • Witch: Often been portrayed as shamans.
  • Wizard
• Occultist: Shamans are a type of occultist.

Flaws/Weaknesses[]

• Those who are forsaken by nature can harm the user by just their presence,
• Dark Arts is perfect counter against the user (unless they are evil shamans).

Example Characters[]

Also See: Magickal Native American and Witch Doctor.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

• Kargalgan (Solo Leveling)
• Tusk (Solo Leveling)
• Shamans (Shaman King)
  • Hao Asakura
  • Yoh Asakura

Bonzo/Comics[]

• Jericho Drumm/Brother Voodoo (Marvel Comics)
• Elizabeth Twoyoungmen/Talisman (Marvel Comics)

Cartoons[]

• Korra (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
• Tenzin (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)
• Centaur Shamans (Centaurworld)
  • Big Tree
  • Horse
  • Little Tree
  • Judge Jacket
  • Johnny Teatime
  • Waterbaby
  • Whaletaur Shaman
• Zodak (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002))
• Jibolba (Tak and the Power of Juju)
• Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
• Fabulous Falcon (The Daltons)
• Skeptical Sorcerer (The Daltons)

Folklore/Mythology[]

• Shamans (African Mythology)
• Wu (Chinese Mythology)
• Shamans (Mexican Mythology)
• Shamans (Native American Mythology)
• Shamans (Nordic Mythology)

Live Television/Movies[]

• Enola (Charmed)
• Nightwolf (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation)
• Taylor (Poltergeist II: The Other Side)

Video Games[]

• Yuna (Final Fantasy)
• Nightwolf (Mortal Kombat)
• Momiji (Ninja Gaiden)
• Nakoruru (Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters)
• Talim (Soulcalibur)
• Jibolba (Tak and the Power of Juju)

Gallery[]

Nightwolf (Mortal Kombat)

Yoh Asakura (Shaman King)

Hao Asakura (Shaman King) is known as the most powerful shaman.

Zodak (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) is a powerful adjucator and pand-galactic warrior shaman whom can discern the weaknesses of anything or anyone he comes across.

James Proudstar/Warpath (Marvel Comics)

Grohk (Paladins)

Fabulous Falcon (The Daltons) is the Witch Doctor of the Broken Wings Native American Tribe that can do a number of different magical feats with his knowledge of Native American magic and rituals like rain and other weather dances, to dance rituals that can return a spirit to a person's body it somehow, left but the body is still alive.

Skeptical Sorcerer (The Daltons) a powerful Native American Shaman who even Fabulous Falcon the Broken Wings Shaman respects and fears possess many magical powers like Telekinesis....

elemental manipulation...

conjuring/summoning objects like a Tipi to sleep under the stars...

and manipulating the weather like creating small rain clouds over people that anger or disrespect him.

Jibolba (Tak and the Power of Juju)