Abstract

ROMERO, Laura. La noción de persona y el concepto de ixtlamatki en la visión del mundo de los nahuas de la Sierra Negra de Puebla. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2007, vol.2, n.4, pp.181-221. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2007.4.221.

In the world view of the nahua population of San Sebastian Tlacotepec, a village localized in the region denominated Sierra Negra in the state of Puebla, the “notion of person” is one of the principals elements necessary to understand the concept of ixtlamatki, “ the one who knows how to see”, ritual specialist in charge of health problems en cases like loss of soul, witchcraft or when the alter ego has been hurt. Beginning with the analysis of his attributes, which define him as special human being, we come closer to understand his function as intermediary between the human world and the “other world”; his power as “soul retriever” and other special abilities, for example, his capacity of transforming himself as well as his faculty to act intentionally in his dreams.

Keywords : Nahuas; cosmovision; body; person.