Open AccessLes concepcions sobrenaturals de les malalties a través de la història.
Author(s) -
X. Sierra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gimbernat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2385-4200
pISSN - 0213-0718
DOI - 10.1344/gimbernat2020.72.1
Subject(s) - philosophy , punishment (psychology) , humanities , psychology , social psychology
THE SUPERNATURAL CONCEPCIONS OF DISEASES THROUGH THE HISTORY: In the antiquity, the concept of disease was frequently straightened with supernatural phenomena. Divine or demoniacal forces were seen as causing disease, which were also conceived as a punishment for individual or collective sin, although it was also seen at certain times as an evidence of holiness.