Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2012
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Anthropology and Sociology
First Advisor
Jeffrey Kaufmann
Advisor Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Abstract
Limpiezas are a form of ritual used around the world for healing and diagnosis illness. In a lot of cases, rituals such as these are used with other objects such as bones, flowers, eggs, or animals. Within the Santeria and Andean cultures, limpiezas are performed using animals; it is the goal of this research paper to determine why certain animals are used and how they complement the healing process. Research included an exploration of contextual data and cross-cultural analysis of the different populations. It was found that the differences found in the cosmologies of the separate cultures can be referred to describe the differences in the limpiezas.
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Recommended Citation
Long, Ashley, "Human-Animal Relationships in Traditional Healing Methods: A Cross-Cultural Analysis" (2012). Honors Theses. 44.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/44
