Pawang

A pawang is a Malay medicine man or shaman. The pawang's original role is a person who is skill with dealing with wizards and sorcerers, wild animals and spirits.^[1]

A pawang is said to control elements and entity by chanting and usually by having spirit servants to do his bidding. Practitioners believe the spirits can perform healings, seek missing persons and things or even investigate reasons for bad luck. They further claim that spirits can be used to possess people, cause sickness and miseries and many other bad things.^[2]

Unlike bomoh, a pawang is not restricted to healing the sick, but is said to also control animals, spirits and other beings.

See also

• Animism in Malaysia
• Bomoh
• Dukun
• Shaman

References

1. ↑ Montague Summers (1928). The Vampire: His Kith and Kin. University Books. pp. 221–. ISBN 978-1-60506-566-3. 
2. ↑ Magic In Names. Forgotten Books. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-1-4400-7234-5. 

Malaysian mythology Legends Badang Mahsuri Mount Ledang Princess Nunuk Ragang Seri Gumum Dragon Siti Wan Kembang Princess Santubong Malay Saint Datuk Keramat Chinese spirit places Na Tuk Kong Tua Pek Kong Sin Sze Ya and Si Sze Ya Types of Malaysian ghosts Hantu Air Hantu Demon Hantu Raya Hantu Tinggi Orang Bunian Orang Minyak Penanggal Pocong Polong Pelesit Pontianak Toyol Priestess, shaman etc. Bobohizan Bomoh Dukun Pawang See also Malay ghost myths Superstitions of Malaysian Chinese Ghost Festival