Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
El canto del alma de la persona difunta: Creencias de los lacandones del sur acerca del cuerpo, del alma y de la muerte. (Spanish). |
| Alternate Title: |
The Song of the Soul of the Deceased Person: Beliefs of the Southern Lacandones about the Body, Soul, and Death. (English) |
| Authors: |
Boremanse, Didier |
| Source: |
Estudios de Cultura Maya. primavera/verano2024, Vol. 63, p303-330. 28p. |
| Subjects: |
GODS, SOUL, SONGS, EXPLANATION, WORLDVIEW, ORAL tradition, FUNERALS |
| Abstract (English): |
A summary of the historical background of the present-day Lacandon Maya is followed by an account of their worldview, with respect to the archaeological remains which are found all over their territory, and about the deities who inhabited them. Southern Lacandon beliefs about the soul and death are outlined in order to grasp the meaning of “the song of the dead person’s soul”, which tells of the different phases through which the soul passes during the process of dying, in its transition between the human world and the world of the deities. A description of Lacandon funerary rites is provided, as well as an explanation of the term used in the song to signify the body. Finally, this song is compared to “the song to a dead person”, which belongs to Northern Lacandon oral tradition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
Después de un compendio histórico relativo a los lacandones actuales, se expone su concepción de los vestigios arqueológicos que abundan en su territorio. A continuación se presentan datos con respecto a los dioses de los lacandones del sur y de sus ideas acerca del alma y de la muerte, imprescindibles para entender los versos que canta el alma. El canto relata las diferentes fases por las que pasa el alma durante el proceso de fallecimiento en su transición entre el mundo humano y el mundo de los dioses. Siguen una descripción de las exequias lacandonas y una explicación del vocablo utilizado en el canto para designar el cuerpo de la persona. Al final se compara este canto con el “canto a un muerto” de los lacandones del norte. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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