Mercedes Cros Sandoval's study traces the orichas and worldview of Santeria across a documented historical arc, from their African Yoruba origins through their Cuban and wider diaspora development, working from that historical and comparative record rather than presenting Santeria as a fixed, undated system. That developmental method, naming specific historical stages of transmission, is the study's real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Sandoval's specific claims since 2006. Use it for established facts about Santeria's orichas and their syncretic Catholic associations, such as Our Lady of Charity; a comparative historical and ethnographic study, not the tradition's own devotional voice, so a claim needing that voice directly needs a source produced from within the tradition.
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Mercedes Cros Sandoval's scholarly study tracing Santeria's orichas and worldview from their Yoruba origins through Cuban and diaspora development, a comparative historical and ethnographic study rather than the tradition's own devotional voice. NotesMercedes Cros Sandoval's study tracing Santeria's orichas and worldview from their African (Yoruba) origins through their Cuban and diaspora development. Use for established facts about Santeria's orichas and their syncretic Catholic associations such as Our Lady of Charity; a comparative historical and ethnographic study, not the tradition's own devotional voice.
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AuthorMercedes Cros Sandoval
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida
Publication Year2006
Source Typebook
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This source names Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre directly: "Catholic associations, such as Our Lady of Charity; a comparative historical and ethnographic study, not the tradition's own devotional voice, so a claim needing that voice directly needs a source..."
Source Worldview, the Orichas, and Santeria: Africa to Cuba and BeyondMercedes Cros Sandoval
Claims Backed By This Source (101 claims)
This source backs 101 claims across the atlas. As facts: 55 well-attested. As cited relationships: 17 holds. Plus 29 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Deities, 39 claims: 9 well-attested, 12 holds, 18 general references.
- Figures, 24 claims: 19 well-attested, 1 holds, 4 general references.
- Articles, 13 claims: 13 well-attested.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Disciplines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Organizations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Religions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Rituals, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Subcategories, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Religious Organization & Structure, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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29Religious Organization & Structure
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