shawomanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

shawoman (plural shawomen)

1. (rare, nonstandard) A female shaman.
   • 1991, George Bowering, “The Stump”, in Douglas Barbour, editor, Beyond Tish, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Publishers Limited, →ISBN, page 35:

     Even Doreen Seaweed the west coast shawoman never reached the public with such an impact.

   • 1993, Gregory A. Scofield, “Just Medicine”, in The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel, Vancouver, B.C.; Winlaw, B.C.: Polestar Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 38:

     […] running up against some powerful shawoman […]

   • 2007, Soraya Erian, Mystic Loon, Ottawa, Ont.: Borealis Press, →ISBN, page 130:

     The figure of shaman appears often, but I wonder why not shawoman, since so many of the impressive three-dimensional sculptures are made by women.

同意語

• shamaness