Folklore y medicina tradicional. Rituales de sanación del “mal de ojo” en el municipio de Cehegín.

Abstract: Objective: the article investigates the healing practices linked to the religious framework in the municipality of Cehegín, focusing on the symbolic analysis of the healing rituals of the "evil eye". Methodology: an ethnographic approach was used based on the performance of a par...

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Autores: Maya Sánchez, Baldomero de, Hernández Garre, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)
Repositorio:RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/10641
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10952/10641
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anthropology of care
Traditional medicine
Popular medicine
Folk medicine
Healing rituals
Antropología del cuidado
Medicina tradicional
Medicina folk
Rituales de sanación.
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Sumario:Abstract: Objective: the article investigates the healing practices linked to the religious framework in the municipality of Cehegín, focusing on the symbolic analysis of the healing rituals of the "evil eye". Methodology: an ethnographic approach was used based on the performance of a participant observation lasting thirty-three hours and fifteen interviews with healers-shamans. Results: the re sults show the persistence of a series of ritual procedures linked to the prayer of the "evil eye" that serve for issues as diverse as the training of healers or the determination of the etiology, diagnosis, symptomatology or remedy of the condition. Conclusions: the set of rituals carried out in the context of study has as a link the use of liturgical structures that include prayers to Christian deities, and where symbolic elements such as the cross, the three, water or oil, serve to load semantic meaning the ritual healing process.