Susto — soul-loss crown

fright and soul-loss narrative

Curanderismo literature describes susto as a culturally situated illness narrative involving fright and loss or disturbance of the person’s animating presence. The crown anchor is a target-organ projection for a soul-loss story, not an anatomical location or diagnosis.

Susto — soul-loss crownSusto — soul-loss crownMal aire — troubling airCorazón — relational feelingEmpacho — digestive blockageLimpia — cleansing handsGround and return

Point 1 of 6 in Mexican Curanderismo

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Trotter, Robert T. II and Juan Antonio Chavira, Curanderismo: Mexican American Folk Healing (scholarly_modern)

Documents Mexican American folk-healing concepts, illness categories and plant/ritual practice; consult chapters on susto, empacho and curandero treatment contexts.

Elisabeth E. T. Ortiz, “Mexican Folk Medicine,” (scholarly_modern)

Carlos E. G. Zolla et al., La medicina tradicional de los pueblos indígenas de México (secondary)

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