Results for "folk Catholicism"
6 entries found.
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreFolk Catholicism
Local religious customs that blend official Church teaching with indigenous or regional traditions.Tradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreSanta MuerteNuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte
A female skeletal folk saint in Mexico and the Americas, worshipped for protection, healing, and safe passage.Tradition · Protection · Healing Living
🇧🇷 Brazil and 5 moreSanto Daime
A Brazilian syncretic religion using ayahuasca for spiritual work and healingTradition · Healing · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreAnima SolaÁnimas del purgatorio
A soul in purgatory depicted in art and prayer across Catholic and Afro-Caribbean traditionsBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇧🇯 Benin and 4 moreOshumareÒṣùmàrè
A Yoruba orisha of the rainbow, shown as a serpent and held to be both male and femaleBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Change and initiation Living
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 moreNarco-saintNarcosantos
Folk saints honoured by drug traffickers and other criminalsBelief · Power and authority Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Anima Sola: Muñoz LC, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oshumare: MarinaCriscuolo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jesús Malverde: Tomascastelazo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Petwo: Calvin Hennick, for WBUR Boston, CC BY 3.0, source
- Santa Muerte: Not home, Public domain, source
- Santo Daime: Tonelada, CC BY-SA 3.0, source