She looked after her children, her sister, Francisca, her mother and Paloma. By the time she was twenty, she had three children and was a widow.

Her mother was almost thirteen when she was born and her father sixteen. As she says, you’re a curandera because you carry it in your blood. Related to Paloma and telling much of Paloma’s story is Feliciana. He will later become Paloma and continue as a curandera. Gaspar comes from a family of curanderos (it is generally a family tradition) and because Gaspar’s family had a good reputation, people consult him even as a child. The word is a corruption of the Spanish word mujer, meaning woman and refers to a person assigned male at birth in Zapotec culture who dresses and behaves in ways otherwise associated with women. Paloma was a curandero (note the masculine ending) called Gaspar as she was a muxe.

The first is Paloma, who is murdered at the beginning of the book and whose murder leads us to her backstory and the backstories of the other two women. traditional healers as well as being able to see into people’s souls and help with their problems. Two of them are brujas, witches, but in a positive sense of the word. We are following the stories of three women. While not the only topic in this novel, it certainly is key. It is generally well-known that violenvce against women, including femicide is a major problem in Mexico and this subject is now being dealt with in Mexican literature. Home » Mexico » Brenda Lozano » Brujas (Witches) Brenda Lozano: Brujas (Witches)

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