) Karay-a: , (healer), (diviner, also ) Lumad: balian, balyan, mabalian Maguindanao: (female shaman, midwife), (medium), (medium), (healer), ([apprentice] healer, also ), (diviner) Mamanwa: , , , (healer, also ) Mandaya: , , Manobo: , (also ), (mediator, keeper of traditions, also ), (healer against sorcery), or , (head shaman) Maranao: , Palaw'an: Sama-Bajau: balyan, wali jinn, dukun, papagan, pawang, bomoh, kalamat (diviner), panday (healer, midwife) Sarangani: Subanen: balian, tanguiling Suludnon: banawangon Tagalog: (also , , ), , , (or ), (herbalist), (healer), or (diviner), (midwife) Talaandig: Tausug: (also , ), (diviner) Tagbanwa: , T'boli: , (healer), (healer) Visayan: (also , ), (also , , , ), (also , ), (also ), , , (or ), (or ), (healer), (healer), (herbalist), or (diviner), (midwife) Yakan: According to Jaime Veneracion, Katalonan incorporates the root talon which in ancient Tagalog meant "forest" (cf. Hiligaynon, Masbatenyo, Inabaknon, Capisano, Palawano, Buhid, and Agutaynen talon, "forest" or "thicket"). Other scholars believed that the origin of the word catalonan is from its root word “talo” which according to them is a Tagalog word originally means "to converse", thus the word catalonan literally means someone who converse or communicate with the spirits (anito). According to Blumentritt an old Tagalog word “tarotaro” is a term describing the catalonas while possessed by the spirits (anito). In some Malayo-Polynesian languages such as Tahitian “tarotaro” means ‘to pray’, while in Rapanui it means ‘a malediction or curse’. In Samoan “talo or talotalo” means ‘a prayer or to pray’. Linguist Malcolm Mintz, however, offers a different etymology. He determines that the Tagalog root word is “tulong” which means to help. Some writers such as William Henry Scott and Luciano P. R. Santiago favoured Mintz suggestion and used the term catolonan (which is actually a Pampangan term) to refer to the priests and priestesses of the Tagalogs instead of catalona or catalonan. Initiation Most babaylan inherited their status from an older babaylan they were apprenticed to, usually a relative. In some cultures, like among the Isneg people, older shamans can choose apprentices from among the eligible young women of the village. A few, however, become babaylan after experiencing what has been termed a "shamanistic initiatory crisis" (also "shamanic illness" or "shamanic madness"). This includes serious or chronic illnesses, near-death experiences, sudden seizures and trembling, depression, strange events or behavior (including climbing balete trees or disappearing for several days with no memory of the