by Carmelo Lisón Tolosana · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446009436
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«La Santa Compaña» is the anthropological study by Carmelo Lisón Tolosana, published by Akal in paperback in 1998 (316 pages, in Spanish).
The book approaches Galician culture from anthropology, exploring how beliefs in the supernatural are intertwined with social life. Lisón Tolosana describes myths, narratives and popular customs that explain the presence of the Santa Compaña in the collective imagination, and reflects on the boundary between the real and the fantastic.
Fourth volume in the series «Antropología cultural de Galicia»; also numbered 197 in «Akal universitaria». Includes index.
A work aimed at readers interested in cultural anthropology, Galician folklore and popular beliefs.
