K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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Description
The narrator tells the story of a sorcerer who cast spells on his neighbors to hurt them because he was envious of them. The husband cut off the testicles of the sorcerer which killed the sorcerer.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Sorcery; envy; murder
Recommended Citation
Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #090: They Killed A Sorcerer." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/33
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