Deities and Spirits in Andean Belief - Towards a Systematisation

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ID3651572
AuthorsSabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Sabine Dedenbach‐salazar Sáenz (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume112
Issue2
Pages443-454
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0257-9774
PublisherNomos Verlag (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/0257-9774-2017-2-443
OpenAlexW2763436453
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Most people who live in the rural Andes have considered themselves Christians for several hundred years, and their religion combines traditions of Andean and Christian origins. In order to understand the basic concepts of life in the Andes I will study the deities and spirits who inhabit nature and how they affect human beings. Apart from major deities (Pachamama, the Apus) there are other beings, the spirits: dangerous and evil ones hovering in liminal space and time as well as benevolent ones who help the deities. By systematising materials and studies from Peru, I will show that, although words and certain concepts are blended in what may be called Andean Christianity, the (super)natural world is essentially Andean

Ancient history · Traditional medicine · Cultural Competency in Health Care · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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