El diablo y la enfermedad: precisiones en cuanto al concepto de susto/espanto entre los indígenas de Michoacán, Mexico

El susto among Purépecha people is today a disease that, at least in some cases, appears as a social sanction for bad behavior. Moreover, the last giver of this disease is not pre-hispanic entities as has been commonly argued, but the devil, in his many appearances. Therefore the disease functions a...

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Main Author: Óscar Muñoz Morán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2011-03-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61215