Encyclopedia of Religion

constitutes the achachila and symbolizes the social and politi- cal unity of Mount Kaata. Andeans experience the solidarity of t ...

and this world. The earth shrines denote being, space, and time, the metaphysical concepts for the universe, which are intertwin ...

marily to prevent hailstorms and to obtain padrinos (“godfathers”), who provide social and political connections. Sometimes coup ...

pt. 2 (1951):137–308. Examines how ritual establishes social equilibrium among the peasants of Chucuito, Peru. Includes detailed ...

today, religion is not an institution differentiated from other aspects of their lives. When they use the term religion, they ar ...

west and to the upstream regions of the world above. Women do not give birth in the longhouse, but in a garden located inland, u ...

region on the Brazilian side of the frontier. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the growing body of evangelicals apa ...

to be covered in darkness and overrun by witches); to retrieve lost souls and make sick persons well—all are phrases that appear ...

cal order. They control the fury of the thunder and winds brought by storms, the regularity of the alternation between day and n ...

the area is also notable for some of the most complex prehis- torical cultures, such as Marajoara and Santarém. This entry provi ...

to an inferior position in relation to the Christian religious system. The mythical universe appears to be divided into three la ...

on the banks of the Xingu, who do not like human flesh, and those living in the sky), mammals (forest species and those living o ...

trance among Krahó shamans, which might suggest that they are not true shamans. But each shaman explains how, like the man who w ...

terranean world is linked with blood, raw food, and canni- balism, representing a truly antisocial condition in which hu- mans a ...

and on many of its tributaries. Caboclos are the mixed descen- dants of Indians and whites, and their religiosity consists of an ...

beings are usually resolved through malevolent action that manifests itself in illness, culminating in the death of the in- divi ...

there are shamans of the sky, of the water, and of the jungle. The shaman initiation begins with a vision of Eˇsnuwérta, who rev ...

kilikháma state. The apyoxólhma, or shaman, receives power (siyavnáma) through visions and apprenticeship to the song of the pla ...

The Choroti shaman (aíew) receives power (i-tóksi) from the supernatural beings (thlamó), and the strength of his abilities depe ...

fits the community, and the otxikanrígi, the cause of all deaths, illnesses, and misfortunes in the group. Celebrations that are ...