Classed as mortal: the historical human medium of the Nehanda spirit, distinct from the spirit itself (shona_nehanda). Included because Shona tradition deliberately distinguishes the immortal mhondoro from its mortal vessel.
Domains
spirit mediumship
Powers
is entered by and gives voice to the Nehanda mhondoro
Beach, D.N., 'An Innocent Woman, Unjustly Accused? Charwe, Medium of the Nehanda Mhondoro Spirit, and the 1896–97 Central Shona Rising in Zimbabwe', History in Africa 25 (1998)