Curandero solar y brujo malero. Ambivalencias del cerro Chaparrí en la mitología de la costa norte peruana.

This article analyzes the ambivalent character of Cerro Chaparrí in the mythology of the northern Peruvian coast through the study of a series of myths describing the confrontations between this hill and the Yanahuanca. These myths, present in different documentary sources, explain the agency attrib...

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Published in:Memoria Americana Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 75 - 100
Main Author: Lorente Fernández, David
Format: Article
Published: Memoria Americana, Cuadernos de Etnohistoria jun2024
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        This article analyzes the ambivalent character of Cerro Chaparrí in the mythology of the northern Peruvian coast through the study of a series of myths describing the confrontations between this hill and the Yanahuanca. These myths, present in different documentary sources, explain the agency attributed to the hill and how it is invoked today in the "mesas" or ritual sessions of master healers and witches of a wide region. Chaparri is considered a "healer", associated with the identity of the Sun, as well as a "witch" who devours the shadows of those who pass through him and his victims. This double identity explains the diversity and complexity of ritual practices that use the hill as a setting, or in which its "charm" is invoked. The approach of the text is ethnographic addressing notions of agency, intentionality, humanity, petrification or the materiality of Cerro Chaparrí, of which there are no monographic studies in Americanist literature.
        Este artículo analiza el carácter ambivalente del cerro Chaparrí en la mitología de la costa norte peruana en base al estudio de una serie de mitos que describen los enfrentamientos entre este cerro y el Yanahuanca. Dichos mitos, presentes en distintas fuentes documentales, explican la agencia que se atribuye al cerro y cómo es invocado hoy en las "mesas" o sesiones rituales de maestros curanderos y brujos de una amplia región. Chaparrí es percibido como un "curandero", asociado con la identidad del Sol, y como un "brujo-malero" que devora las sombras de quienes lo atraviesan y de sus víctimas. Esta doble identidad explica la diversidad y complejidad de prácticas rituales que tienen al cerro como escenario, o en las que su "encanto" es invocado. El enfoque del texto es etnográfico y aborda nociones de agencia, intencionalidad, humanidad, petrificación o la materialidad del cerro Chaparrí, sobre el que no contamos con estudios monográficos en la literatura americanista.
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