The Finns possess a considerable number of words and epithets for wizard, sorcerer, witch, seer, ecstatic and the like. Some of these are native words like noita 'a sorcerer,' tieto-mies or tietäjä 'the knower,' loitsija 'the reciter of a magic song (loitsu), arpoja 'a diviner,' näkijä 'a seer,' myrrys-mies or into-mies 'an ecstatic,' lumoja 'a stupefier,' lukija 'a reciter,' katselija 'an observer,' laulu-mies 'a song-man,' ampuja 'an archer,' kukkaro-mies a bag-man.' Others are of foreign origin like mahti-mies or mahtaja < goth.="" mahts="" or="" sw.="" magt="" 'might,'="" taikuri="" 'he="" that="" uses="" taika="">< goth.="" taikns="" 'a="" token,="" a="" wonder,'="" velho="" 'a="" witch,'="" is="" probably="" an="" early="" slav="" loan,="" while="" a="" latter="" one="" is="" poppa-mies="" 'priest-man'="" from="" the="" rus.="" pop.="" though="" between="" these="" appellations="" no="" hard="" and="" fast="" line="" can="" be="" drawn,="" dividing="" them="" into="" good="" and="" bad="" categories,="" yet="" on="" the="" whole,="" injurious="" or="" black="" magic="" would="" generally="" be="" the="" work="" of="" the="" noita,="" the="" ampuja,="" the="" velho,="" and="" the="" kukkaro-mies.="" beneficial="" or="" white="" magic,="" like="" the="" great="" bulk="" of="" the="" magic="" songs,="" was="" used="" for="" ejecting="" evil="" spirits="" of="" disease,="" etc.,="" and="" would="" be="" practised="" by="" a="" loitsija,="" a="" tietäjä,="" a="" lukija,="" or="" a="" laulu-mies;="" in="" some="" instances="" by="" a="" lumoja,="" näkijä="" or="" an="" arpoja.="" yet="" we="" have="" an="" example="" of="" an="" exorcist="" terming="" himself="" a="" noita="" and="" a="" lapp="" (12="" b).="" as="" a="" rule="" there="" is="" nothing="" in="" a="" magic="" song="" to="" show="" what="" sort="" of="" wizard="" the="" reciter="" of="" it="" might="" be;="" so="" as="" his="" function="" is="" to="" drive="" away="" disease,="" i="" shall="" term="" him="" the="" exorcist.="" goth.="" taikns="" 'a="" token,="" a="" wonder,'="" velho="" 'a="" witch,'="" is="" probably="" an="" early="" slav="" loan,="" while="" a="" latter="" one="" is="" poppa-mies="" 'priest-man'="" from="" the="" rus.="" pop.="" though="" between="" these="" appellations="" no="" hard="" and="" fast="" line="" can="" be="" drawn,="" dividing="" them="" into="" good="" and="" bad="" categories,="" yet="" on="" the="" whole,="" injurious="" or="" black="" magic="" would="" generally="" be="" the="" work="" of="" the="" noita,="" the="" ampuja,="" the="" velho,="" and="" the="" kukkaro-mies.="" beneficial="" or="" white="" magic,="" like="" the="" great="" bulk="" of="" the="" magic="" songs,="" was="" used="" for="" ejecting="" evil="" spirits="" of="" disease,="" etc.,="" and="" would="" be="" practised="" by="" a="" loitsija,="" a="" tietäjä,="" a="" lukija,="" or="" a="" laulu-mies;="" in="" some="" instances="" by="" a="" lumoja,="" näkijä="" or="" an="" arpoja.="" yet="" we="" have="" an="" example="" of="" an="" exorcist="" terming="" himself="" a="" noita="" and="" a="" lapp="" (12="" b).="" as="" a="" rule="" there="" is="" nothing="" in="" a="" magic="" song="" to="" show="" what="" sort="" of="" wizard="" the="" reciter="" of="" it="" might="" be;="" so="" as="" his="" function="" is="" to="" drive="" away="" disease,="" i="" shall="" term="" him="" the="" exorcist.="">