Old Belief
← Tlahuelpuchi
Wooden crib with garlic bulbs, scissors and a small mirror laid on the blanket

garlic and metal at the cradle

The protections are domestic objects: garlic and onion, metal, a mirror, a pin. They are placed around a sleeping infant by people who believe they are in a working relationship with a real danger.

Basis: Protective practice recorded in rural Tlaxcala · AI-generated

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