Shadow and Substance: a Mopan Maya View of Human Existence

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  • ANN. E. FINK
چکیده

RESUME Among the Mopan Maya the soul (Spirit or life force) is seen as a tangible entity, represented in the human shadow. The shadow is as vulnerable as the body to physical forces. As maturation increases, detachment, and loss of shadow from the body, is an ever present real fear for the Mopan Maya. In any discussion of how the Mopan perceive human development, growth, nutrition, reproduction, illness and death, the concept of the shadow-soul as life force plays as important a role as that of blood, food, witchcraft, and fear, topics on which there already exists a considerable literature. The Canadian Journal of Native Studies VII, 2 (1987):399-414. Les Mopan Maya voient l'âme (l'esprit, ou la force vitale) comme une entité palpable, représentée dans l'ombre humaine. L'ombre est aussi vulnérable que le corps aux forces physiques. Les Mopan Maya craignent que le développement physique n'entraîne le perte et la séparation de l'ombre du corps. Dans toute discussion à propos de la manière dont les Mopan voient le développement humain, la croissance, la nutrition, la reproduction, la maladie et la mort, le concept de l'ombre-âme comme force vitale joue un rôle aussi important que celui que jouent le sang, l'alimentation, la sorcellerie et la peur, sujets sur lesquels il y a déjà beaucoup de documentation.

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تاریخ انتشار 1999