- María Lionza is the central figure in one of the most widespread new religious movements in Venezuela. The cult of María Lionza began in the 20th century as a blend of African...
- María Lionza is a folk saint and the central figure in the most widespread new religious movement in Venezuela. The cult of María Lionza is a blend of African...
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- Aunque son diversas las teorías, todas coinciden en describir a María Lionza como una mujer sobrehumana que vive tranquilamente en la espesura del bosque...
- Imagined and represented in many different ways, María Lionza is the centre of a widespread religious cult which includes episodes of spiritual possession.
- The victory of this former lieutenant-colonel seemed to confirm a prophecy by Beatriz VeitTané, a self-proclaimed high priestess of María Lionza.
- El culto a María Lionza se remonta al tiempo previo a la llegada de los españoles a territorio venezolano en el siglo XV.
- The cult of María Lionza or marialioncero is a widely known practice within Venezuela, and outside of it, since it has reached other lands thanks to its followers.
- Their songs are heard at night and they make a choir for the songs that the sorcerers and priests raise to heaven in honor of the goddess María Lionza.
- Continuing her documentation of religious rites and practices, Cristina Garcia Rodero captures the people of Venezuela who follow the cult of Maria Lionza.
- According to legend, Maria Lionza’s lived on Sorte Mountain in the 15th-century, after her Indian chief father sent her there for safety.
- Ancient Origins articles related to Maria Lionza in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and.
- The most famous image of Maria Lionza is the twenty-foot-tall statue that loomed over the freeway bisecting Venezuela’s capital city, Caracas...
