They are village healers and fortunetellers, and they told him that his wahyu - his power - came from God.

Her story begins and ends tragically in Donnelaith, Scotland, where she is a village healer.

The village healer doesn't have the training of the local oberyin, but she taught herself her skill by being observant.

Deborah became the village healer to the people in Montclève.

"Not a village healer," Patience said.

You had to be carried to your room in the stables and have your broken arm set by the village healer.

As physicians and novel drugs were expensive at the time, most people relied on their village healers and locally available remedies.

It looks at two traditional Indian village healers whose lives and work embody altruism, tolerance and sustainability.

For health and welfare most villages depend on village healers.

"Any village healer can do it, I'm afraid," he told Jonathan grimly.