Cosmovisión zapoteca y saberes locales sobre los animales

Abstract

This article derives from the research carried out during the master's studies, so it shows what is the worldview about the animal, from the West, the ancient Mesoamericans, the colonized people of Mexico and what is the heritage of the Zapotecs of the town of San Juan Yagila. Here you can find out why Western thought places the animal as an object that provides knowledge and why Zapotec thought places the animal as a subject capable of providing knowledge. It reflects then, part of the intangible knowledge that is learned from childhood in the Zapotec culture of the people of Yaxhil.