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DIEZ BARROSO REPIZO, Alberto  y  GARCIA TELLEZ, Alfonso Margarito. A Classification Proposal for a Group of Representations of Otomí Nzahki, from San Pablito, Pahuatlán, Puebla. Desacatos [online]. 2012, n.39, pp.15-28. ISSN 2448-5144.

Some characters of the imaginary natural world of Otomí and Nahua peoples from the Sierra Norte de Puebla can be represented by paper figures call nzahki in Otomí language.They symbolize the vital energy of humans, animals, plants, and entities of the underworld, similar to Nahua tonalli.These representations involve the indigenous medical practices, and its view of the world.There are several entities with attributes that allow its classification. It’s possible to find correspondences within elements of a group, as the associations with the devil, the night, ant the Lord of Moctezuma.The traditional doctor, the rain maker named curandero, interacts with the entities of the natural world through the paper representations.

Palabras llave : otomí; nzahki; ñhañhú; Pahuatlán; traditional medicine; Sierra Norte de Puebla; amate; amatl; devil; hell; night.

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