OM MARSVINET IANDINSK FOLKLORE: Offergave, krukke, delikatesse, kæledyr, skraldebøtte, varsel og røntgen

Authors

  • Inge Schjellerup

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/ta.v0i33.115371

Abstract

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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Published

1996-06-01

How to Cite

Schjellerup, I. (1996). OM MARSVINET IANDINSK FOLKLORE: Offergave, krukke, delikatesse, kæledyr, skraldebøtte, varsel og røntgen. Tidsskriftet Antropologi, (33). https://doi.org/10.7146/ta.v0i33.115371

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No. 33 (1996): Dyr

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