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  2. Thrall (Warcraft) - Wikipedia

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    Thrall, born as Go'el, is a fictional character who appears in the Warcraft series of video games by Blizzard Entertainment.Within the series, Thrall is an orc shaman who served for a time as a Warchief of the Horde, one of the major factions of the Warcraft universe, as well as the leader of a shaman faction dedicated to preserving the balance between elemental forces in the world of Azeroth ...

  3. Mircea Eliade - Wikipedia

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    The shaman's new ability to die and return to life shows that he is no longer bound by the laws of profane time, particularly the law of death: "the ability to 'die' and come to life again [...] denotes that [the shaman] has surpassed the human condition." [148] Having risen above the human condition, the shaman is not bound by the flow of history.

  4. List of Shaman King characters - Wikipedia

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    Hana Asakura (麻倉花, Asakura Hana) is the son of Yoh Asakura and Anna Kyoyama who is the protagonist of Shaman King: Flowers, first introduced in the Shaman King epilogue sidestory "Funbari no Uta" as an infant traveling alongside Ryu to find the Five Grand Elemental Spirits. He is depicted as a Shaman having Yoh's spirit guardian ...

  5. Shamanism - Wikipedia

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    A debated etymology of the word "shaman" is "one who knows", [10] [103] implying, among other things, that the shaman is an expert in keeping together the multiple codes of the society, and that to be effective, shamans must maintain a comprehensive view in their mind which gives them certainty of knowledge. [9]

  6. Śramaṇa - Wikipedia

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    Denied that there is an after-life, any samsara, any karma, or any fruit of good or evil deeds. Everything including humans are composed of elemental matter, and when one dies one returns to those elements. [52] [56] The Pakudha Kaccayana śrāmana movement: believed in atomism. Denied that there is a creator, knower.

  7. Korean shamanism - Wikipedia

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    The taegeuk symbol, representing the cosmos, is often displayed on the exterior of guttang, or shrine-buildings in the musok religion.. Korean shamanism, also known as musok (Korean: 무속; Hanja: 巫俗) or Mu-ism (무교; 巫敎; Mugyo), is a religion from Korea.

  8. Classical element - Wikipedia

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    A text written in Egypt in Hellenistic or Roman times called the Kore Kosmou ("Virgin of the World") ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus (associated with the Egyptian god Thoth), names the four elements fire, water, air, and earth. As described in this book:

  9. Elemental (2023 film) - Wikipedia

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    Elemental debuted out of competition as the closing film at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 27, 2023, and was released in the United States on June 16 in RealD 3D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema formats. Despite initially opening below projections, the film was ultimately considered by analysts to be a sleeper hit and grossed $496.4 million worldwide.