Mystique marriage of the chaman and animism among the ashaninka of Eastern Peru

Authors

  • Enrique Rojas Zolezzi Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v22i41.16766

Keywords:

Chamanism, animism, lowland South America, Ashaninka, Pre-andean Arawak

Abstract

This article explains the place of the chaman in the animistic cosmological system of the ashaninka. Since his marriage with the spirit of the tobacco he is able to repair the relations between humans, and humans with not humans.

Downloads

Published

2019-09-06

Issue

Section

Artículos Originales

How to Cite

Rojas Zolezzi, E. (2019). Mystique marriage of the chaman and animism among the ashaninka of Eastern Peru. Investigaciones Sociales, 22(41), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v22i41.16766