Author: NUTINI HUGO G. & ROBERTS JOHN M
Title: Bloodsucking Witchcraft.
Description: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1993.. An Epistemological Study of Anthropomorphic Supernaturalism in Rural Tlaxcala. First ed. XXII + 476 p., Bibliography.Index, 24x16cm HARDCOVER: (Orig. black cloth, dustwrapper. AS NEW) ¶ In the rural areas of south central Mexico, there are believed to be witches-called tlahuelpuchis-who transform themselves into animals in order to suck the blood of sleeping infants. Because these tlahuelpuchis are inherently evil and indistinguishable from ordinary people, they are more feared than other kinds of supernaturals.

Keywords: Latin America South America Mexico Ethnography Anthropology Magic Witchcraft


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