Judgment for sorcery
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https://doi.org/10.36829/63CHS.v2i1.940Keywords:
historical ethnography, traditional medicine, Colonial Era, cultural resistanceAbstract
In 1715, Lieutenant Alejo de Estrada presented a report to the authorities, where he refers in extenso to a witchcraft trial followed several healers, for the worms found in the drink of Martín García Belesuy. The material used interpreters in its collection and presents a part of the text in K'iche'. It's about a event that caused sting in a colonial society, determined to eradicate this type of practices, which show us aspects such as resistance and survival, which are central in the analysis due to their significance.
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Archivo General de Centroamérica, Signatura A1.15, Legajo 3024, Expediente 29175.
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