Zaki
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Zaki
Zaki is a term used by the Otomi to refer to the life/will force inherent in all things. [1]
Syncretic Terms
Force > Imagination, Mana, Miwi, Nu Shug, Orenda, Perspective, Prana, Wakan, Will, Yang, Zaki
Notes
Otomi Shaman's help clients manipulate will by providing Zaki figures. One Otomi shaman gives a women whose husband deserted her a zaki portrait. The portrait is placed on an altar with a candle, and is used to focus the women's will on the return of her husband. [2]
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