Witches and Indian Women, Daughters of Saturn: Arts, Witchcraft and Cannibalism

Authors

  • Yobenj Aucardo Chicangana-Bayona Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín
  • Susana Inês González Sawczuk Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2009000200012

Abstract

The article inquires into the representation of women in the paintings and engravings about witchcraft in the XVI-XVII centuries, trying to establish an iconographic typology and covering the construction of negative stigmas attributed to the feminine body and its natural degradation. Through the support of visual sources such as paintings and engravings, mainly from the German Renaissance, the text demonstrates how the Indian women of the New World were associated to the witches of Europe and with the classic god Saturn, through the myth of cannibalism.

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Published

2009-01-01

How to Cite

Chicangana-Bayona, Y. A., & Sawczuk, S. I. G. (2009). Witches and Indian Women, Daughters of Saturn: Arts, Witchcraft and Cannibalism. Revista Estudos Feministas, 17(2), 507. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2009000200012

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Thematic Articles

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