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Dueños de la tierra enojados: percepción de los accidentes y protocolos tradicionales de prevención (Mixteca de Oaxaca)

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Abstract

The oral tradition of the Mixtec people of Oaxaca (Mexico) has a great diversity of stories that narrate accidents. These are often related to beliefs in owners, spirits or guardians of the land and mountains, who in moments of anger and rage cause harm and damage to people who offend them. This chapter explores precisely this indigenous perception of accidents, as well as the traditional protocols of prevention and the dynamics of their transmission through narration. The analysis is based on narratives obtained through interviews in the Mixtec language.


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Submitted: Jan. 30, 2025 | Accepted: March 17, 2025 | Published Sept. 30, 2025 | Language: es

Keywords Indigenous perception • Accidents • Oral tradition • Mixtecs • Prevention

Copyright © 2025 María Angélica García Hernández. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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