Medicine bag with Kinnikinnick

A medicine bag is a traditional North American Indian container for various items of supernatural power. While anyone may have one, usually it would be the shaman of the tribe who would carry one. As something that holds supernatural items, the medicine bag is said to have power of its own.

Medicine bags are commonly used for Vision Quests - a ceremony which includes personal sacrifice: fasting and prayer over several days in a location isolated from the rest of the community. The purpose of the Vision Quest is to make contact with natural spiritual forces that help or guide people to reach their potential. The spirits, or totems, would aid the individual to gather magical items, increase knowledge and aid personal growth.

Typical powers ascribed to medicine bags and their items include increasing hunting abilities, aiding fighting skills, healing allies, hindering enemies and altering the weather. Many warriors carried a bag around the neck. They contained items that would remind the warrior of home, of where he came from.

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