Gregorio Hernandez

Taking the words of Marcel Mauss, quoted by Barker, though I differ with the concept of religion as the cult, the myth was a sujeto a necessary and new interpretations that was creating something of a myth of the myth, configured as the religion of collective salvation, in the years following, extending to all over the country to become today the most popular religion in Venezuela, and across borders and countries has penetrated neighbors. From Myth to Myth and Cult worship are closely related. The cult of Maria Lionza product seems to be a slow process of accumulation that incorporates ancient rituals of indigenous, African and European, that are experienced in the first decades of the twentieth century and which gave rise to the deity that we know today: the Queen Mary Lionza . In its internal composition, the worship due to a ranking by the so-called courts: the main, built by Queen Maria Lionza, Indian and black Guaicaipuro Felipe, in a perfect trinity syncretic. It is subordinate to the other courts, such as India, formed by the various chiefs Venezuelans, the doctor where Dr.

Jose Gregorio Hernandez, a famous physician named a venerablea by the Vatican and who has been fighting for years for canonization, Jose Maria Vargas and Luis Razetti, the Viking, the African, consisting of seven Yoruba deities, Chango, Oshun, Elegua, Yemaya, Adcitada; among others. Also, the spirits that make up these courts have syncretized, incorporating elements from other cultures. Renowned artists, popular, legendary heroes like Simon Bolivar are part of the spirits with whom you can talk through the a cajona or medium at any seance.