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Itako: Spirit Medium
Original title: イタコ
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Itako are known for “kuchiyose,” inviting dead people's spirits to possess them and converse with relatives. A type of traditional Japanese shaman (sorcerer, medium), itako also perform “purification,” “divination,” and “rituals.” Mediators with the “unseen world.”
イタコは死者の霊魂を憑依させ、縁者と対話させる「口寄せ」で知られる。 日本の伝統的なシャーマン（呪術師、霊媒師）の一種だ。 イタコは口寄せのほかにも「お祓い」「占い」「神事」なども行う。 「見えざる世界」との媒介者である。
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