rain-doctor

Sechele was himself a noted rain-doctor, and believed in it implicitly.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The rain-doctor selects a particular bulbous root, pounds it, and administers a cold infusion to a sheep, which in five minutes afterward expires in convulsions.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

There we often heard in the dead of the night the shrill whistle of the rain-doctor calling for rain that would not come, while here we listened to the rolling thunder by night, and beheld the swelling valleys adorned with plenty by day.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

So among the Toradjas the rain-doctor, whose special business it is to drive away rain, takes care not to touch water before, during, or after the discharge of his professional duties.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

So among the Toradjas the rain-doctor, whose special business it is to drive away rain, takes care not to touch water before, during, or after the discharge of his professional duties.

Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922

So among the Toradjas the rain-doctor, whose special business it is to drive away rain, takes care not to touch water before, during, or after the discharge of his professional duties.

The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

It appeared that he himself had lived among the Umtetwa Zulus in his earlier manhood, and was a noted rain-doctor and witch-finder.

Allan's Wife Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Menzi was, of course, a rain-doctor, a "Heaven-herd" of the highest distinction; one who, it was reputed, could by his magic cause the most brazen sky to melt in tears.

Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Toradjas the rain-doctor, whose special business it is to drive away rain, takes care not to touch water before, during, or after the discharge of his professional duties.

The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion 1583