Abstract

LUNES JIMENEZ, Elena. El Ch’ulel en los Altos de Chiapas: estado de la cuestión. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2011, vol.6, n.11, pp.218-245. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2011.11.139.

The article presents a review of literature generated around the notion and concept of ch’ulel, based on the Tsotsil-Tseltal cosmovision, in the high plains region of the state of Chiapas. According to the interpretations formulated by the authors on said concept, information is systematized on the following meanings: the ch’ulel as soul; in health and in sickness; in the conscience of children; as social control; the vayijelal or companion animal; as candle of life and as heat. The ch’ulel concept is distinguished from that of ch’ulelal, the latter associated with the celebration of the day of the dead. The concept of “ch’ulel world” is expounded as a whole and as contribution of this article.

Keywords : ch’ulel; ch’ulel world; person; vayijelal.