àp thmòp

A Cambodian sorcerer, mainly a practitioner of black magic. He foretells the future and sells charms and amulets. The àp thmòp can also cause illness in a person by means of a spell or incantation. For this purpose he makes a wax figure of the victim and pricks it where the customer wishes the person to be affected. The feminine form is mī thmòp.

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