Daño, terapeutica ritual y manipulación de lo sagrado en las medicinas tradicionales del Noroeste Argentino = Damage, ritual therapy and manipulation of the sacred in the traditional medicines of the Argentine Northwest
The authors analyse traditonal medicines’ therapeutic ritual in Northwestern Aregentina: curanderismo and self- treatment. Firstly, they focus on therapeutic rituals perfomed by both specialized healers (curanderos) and lays, considering, at the same time, the more relavant changes in the humoral me...
| Published in: | Ciencias sociales y religión |
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| Subtitles: | Damage, ritual therapy and manipulation of the sacred in the traditional medicines of the Argentine Northwest |
| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur
2008
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| In: |
Ciencias sociales y religión
Year: 2008, Volume: 10, Issue: 10, Pages: 137-156 |
| Further subjects: | B
Therapy
B Harm B Illness B Spell |
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| Summary: | The authors analyse traditonal medicines’ therapeutic ritual in Northwestern Aregentina: curanderismo and self- treatment. Firstly, they focus on therapeutic rituals perfomed by both specialized healers (curanderos) and lays, considering, at the same time, the more relavant changes in the humoral medicine practices. Then, they explore the ritual healing using spells, discussing its definition as magic, as some authors have proposed. They make clear that formulas have a mythicreligiuos foundation, supported by the mythification of Gospels, some saints’ life and Virgin Mary new mythical episodes or manifestations. In this sense, the spell is the rite reediting the myth; this means that primeval times and the sacred actions performed by the deities invoked become present. |
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| ISSN: | 1982-2650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciencias sociales y religión
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22456/1982-2650.6918 |