In the forest at night, balls of fire, Ultima watching.
The description of the brujas, like that of the curandera,conforms to the traditional pattern for witches in Christian societies. They sell their souls to the devil; they have black masses and a sabbat of sorts; they read the Black Book; they stir up horrible concoctions of such things as blood of bats, entrails of toads, and blood of roosters; they use incantations and magical words; and, of course, they can perform image magic. They can change into animals, especially coyotes, and also into balls of fire—two forms that are found in Southwest Indian beliefs as well as Spanish-American beliefs.
Witches cannot pass by a cross, nor can they stand the sight of it, and the names "Christ" and "Mary" hurt their ears. They can be killed in their own bodies or in their animal shapes by shooting them with bullets etched with a cross.
"You must understand that when anybody, bruja or curandera, preist or sinner, tampers with the fate of a man that sometimes a chain of events is set into motion over which no one will have ultimate control (ch Diez, pg 85) - Erika
Witches cannot pass by a cross, nor can they stand the sight of it, and the names "Christ" and "Mary" hurt their ears. They can be killed in their own bodies or in their animal shapes by shooting them with bullets etched with a cross.
"You must understand that when anybody, bruja or curandera, preist or sinner, tampers with the fate of a man that sometimes a chain of events is set into motion over which no one will have ultimate control (ch Diez, pg 85) - Erika
- In chapter 10, Ultima tells the Luna family to not kill the coyotes while she is curing Lucas. - Marielina C.
