Sketch about the Hagiographic Universe in the Cult of San La Muerte in the Northeast of the Argentine Republic

Abstract

The following article discusses the characterization of the cult of San La Muerte in the Northeast of the Argentine Republic, taking into account the following variables: denominations it receives, first records of the cult, possible origins and role of santero in the making of sacred art. In order to address the problem, in-depth interviews, observations with varying degrees of participation, analysis of literary, folkloric and anthropological sources, and records in various devices have been made. We record that the cult of San La Muerte condenses a complex warp of senses, meanings, modes of relationship and configurations of the world of the sacred that overflow the canons of the recognized as official and delves into the memory of the great time and the diachrony of complex processes of syncretism and re-signification, based on the previous worldview Hispanic and Roman Catholic.