Brujos y brujas en el antiguo Perú: apariencia y realidad en las fuentes históricas

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  • Iris Gareis Institut für Volkerkunde

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https://doi.org/10.3989/revindias.1993.i198.1148

Abstract


In Ancient Peru there were individuals using magic for evil purposes, and so they were considered «mischievous witches». But the historical reconstruction of the meaning of the «mischievous witch» living in prehispanic Peru is distorted by the image of the andean witch given by colonial authors.

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Published

1993-08-30

How to Cite

Gareis, I. (1993). Brujos y brujas en el antiguo Perú: apariencia y realidad en las fuentes históricas. Revista De Indias, 53(198), 583–613. https://doi.org/10.3989/revindias.1993.i198.1148

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