Latin American witchcraft
Brujería is witchcraft or sorcery, particularly in Latin American and Caribbean traditions.
The term carries associations with folk magic, spiritual healing, and hexes—practices that blend indigenous, African, and Catholic elements.
In casual use, brujería can describe any mysterious or seemingly magical influence: There's some brujería going on with my phone.
Latin American folk healer
Inherited cultural narratives
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Latin American witchcraft
Brujería is witchcraft or sorcery, particularly in Latin American and Caribbean traditions.
The term carries associations with folk magic, spiritual healing, and hexes—practices that blend indigenous, African, and Catholic elements.
In casual use, brujería can describe any mysterious or seemingly magical influence: There's some brujería going on with my phone.
1. practitioners — curandero, Latin American folk healer; mambo (Fast Cuban ballroom dance); coven (Assembly of witches); ancestral (Of one's forebears)
2. practice — ritual, Ceremonial set of actions; ofrenda (Mexican memorial altar)
3. tools — altar, Sacred ritual table; tierra (Spanish word for land)
4. cultural — folklore, Inherited cultural narratives; Salem (City or name); colonial (Of occupied territories); ancestral (Of one's forebears); prohibido
5. effects — muerte, End of life; trabajos (Tasks requiring effort); control (Authority to direct)
SPIRITUAL LEGITIMACYbrujería ≠ fe Iron's chemical symbol; iglesia · milagro · bien
bruja, brujo
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/brujer%C3%ADa