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This chapter provides a detailed account of the Potiguara’s “traditional” cosmology, their rituals, and their concepts of health and sickness. After more than 500 years of oppression and genocide, many Potiguara still live in an enchanted world, a nature representing God Tupã’s emanation, populated by Ancestors and all kinds of other mythical beings. Health, disease, and cure all depend on immaterial principles related to plants and enchanted beings evoked by means of rituals.

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Contemporary Potiguara Cosmovision and Practice

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    2026年

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  • Jan Linhart

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This chapter provides a detailed account of the Potiguara’s “traditional” cosmology, their rituals, and their concepts of health and sickness. After more than 500 years of oppression and genocide, many Potiguara still live in an enchanted world, a nature representing God Tupã’s emanation, populated by Ancestors and all kinds of other mythical beings. Health, disease, and cure all depend on immaterial principles related to plants and enchanted beings evoked by means of rituals.