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- Title
CARNICEROS, EMBALSAMADORES Y MUJERES: EL «TABÚ» DE LA SANGRE DERRAMADA ENTRE LOS ABORÍGENES CANARIOS.
- Authors
Pou Hernández, Sergio
- Abstract
In this paper we study three chapters in the Canarian aboriginal culture related to the conception of blood. These are about the specialist dealing with the flesh, the butcher, the people in charge of the tanatopractical tasks, also known by many sources as the embalmers, and some periodic phenomenons in the female's world as menstruation and labour. To the Canarian natives view, these activities were taken as evil ones, and the mentioned periodic phenomenons were taboo, therefore, the people related to them would be isolated or submitted to cleanliness rituals. The analysis of these questions, widely discussed concepts as contamination and taboo are used, the symbology of the blood is investigated in depth, and finally, after a light analysis of Canarian sources, we give opinions about the spilled blood role of the aboriginal community related to the meaning of impurity and the ritual precepts.
- Publication
Bandue: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Ciencias de las Religiones, 2017, Vol 10, p147
- ISSN
1888-346X
- Publication type
Article