WayapĂ
WayapĂ – An Amazonian indigenous people. Alan Campbellâs ethnography is particularly interested in the WayapĂâs use of the term payĂ©, which, though roughly cognate with piya (a term for shamans elsewhere in the region), acts as a verb or adjective rather than a noun. That is, there are no âshamansâ among the WayapĂ, but anyone can access, utilize, and be affected by powers that can be called âshamanistic.â Similarly, any person (human or other-than-human in this animist community) can be âvery shamanisticâ or only âslightly shamanistic.â
SOURCE:
Historical Dictionary of Shamanism by Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis 2007