Healing
Name of a traditional healer
What is a curandera.
To be deeply religious
What is devout
When you refuse to give up easily.
What is tenacious.
What is subside.
a type of shrub with aromatic berries, often used in men's cologne.
What is juniper.
Severe abdominal pain without a clear cause, usually experienced by babies
What is colic.
Disrespect of the sacred
What is blasphemy
To be quick and light in your movements, like when you're dancing, or playing soccer, or moving around a kitchen.
What is nimble.
To be full of life and energy.
What is teeming.
A Mesoamerican civilization that dominated central Mexico from the 14th to 16th centuries.
Hint: the eagle represents this culture.
What are the Aztecs.
A disease that inflames the joints and tissues of the body, often in elderly people.
What is rheumatism.
To drive out evil spirits
What is to exorcise
to not give much attention to something or someone; you may only give a _________glance at people as they walk by.
What is cursory.
Antonio is studying for this religious milestone in Bless Me, Ultima.
What is communion.
Made of rough fabric, members of the military and hobos carried these bags.
What is a gunny sack.
What animal seems to act as an extension to Ultima?
What is an owl.
The sound of a bell announcing a death
What is knell.
to have boldness and daring
What is audacity
A large, chaotic fight or struggle
What is a melee.
The name of Antonio's father's family in Bless Me, Ultima.
What is Marez.
Acting on behalf of someone else.
What is intercession.
A nine-day period of prayer
What is the Novena.
To be swollen or inflated
After years of service, he was ________from the army.
What is mustered out.
The Muslim inhabitants of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain/Portugal) between the 8th and 15th centuries, often used as a catch-all term for North African, Berber, or Arab people
What is the Moors.