OM MARSVINET IANDINSK FOLKLORE: Offergave, krukke, delikatesse, kæledyr, skraldebøtte, varsel og røntgen
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/ta.v0i33.115371Resumé
Inge Schjellerup: About the Guinea-Pig in
Andean Folklore. Sacrifice, jar, delikatesses,
pet, dustbin, omen and x-ray
The guinea pig from the Andean region in
South America has a long cultural history.
Archaeological evidence dates its use as
domestic animal back to 5000 BC. While the
guinea pig in its native environment has traditionally
been raised for consumption, it also
has an important social and ceremonial
use in folk-medicine and in native religious
practices. The author took part in a healing
ceremony in central Peru where the guinea
pig was used to diagnose a patient's illness.
The curanderismo is an Andean healing
practise which recently has attracted the interest
of western medical physicians.
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