From the rescue of souls to the execution of the sorcerer: notes on the Ticuna shamanism

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  • Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho Universidade de São Paulo

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v22i1.49691

Abstract

It is intended to outline in this article some aspects of the Ticuna shamanism of Brazil, based
on field research in a small community of the Camatiã river, São Paulo de Olivença (AM).
The elements of this shamanism described and analyzed will be: The native word meaning
for shaman (yu’ükü), forms of becoming a shaman, Waia as the mythical site of the sorcerer’s
formation, relations of shamanism with local religions, the withdrawal of witchcraft from a sick
woman’s body, and the vectors of spells. Special attention is given to a shamanic journey to
retrieve a soul from a man outlawed in the forest, and also to an execution of a sorcerer.

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Author Biography

Edson Tosta Matarezio Filho, Universidade de São Paulo

Pós-doutorando no Departamento de Antropologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.

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Published

2019-05-23

How to Cite

MATAREZIO FILHO, E. T. From the rescue of souls to the execution of the sorcerer: notes on the Ticuna shamanism. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 22, n. 1, 2019. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v22i1.49691. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/49691. Acesso em: 11 may. 2024.

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2019)

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