巫かんなぎ

noun

medium; shaman; oracle

A person who communicates with gods or spirits, often in a Shinto context. 巫 is traditionally female, 覡 male, but 巫 is the general term. Modern usage is mostly historical or religious.

• 古こ来らい、巫かんなぎは神かみの言こと葉ばを伝つたえる役やく割わりを担になってきた。

  Since ancient times, mediums have played the role of conveying the words of the gods.

• その神じん社じゃでは、今いまも巫かんなぎが神しん事じを行おこなっている。

  At that shrine, a shaman still performs Shinto rituals today.