TY - JOUR AU - Martínez Rescalvo, Mario Octaviano AU - Díaz Vásquez, Rosalba AU - Munguia Aldama, Josefina PY - 2022/08/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The -Akkun Ñee- the temazcal goddness, ceremony in the Tejocote, Guerrero Community: ethnographic contributions of a fundamental myth of the Tlapanecan culture JF - Religación JA - rgn VL - 7 IS - 33 SE - South-South DO - 10.46652/rgn.v7i33.942 UR - https://revista.religacion.com/index.php/religacion/article/view/942 SP - e210942 AB - This article is about a very particular and intimate ceremony among the me’phaa or Tlapanecos from Guerrero state. It was observed in a community in the municipality of Malinaltepec. This ceremony allows showing how despite the lunge of modernity, the sociocultural changes, and the influence of the external processes that break down the communitarian life, the me’phaa of la Montaña de Guerrero keep maintaining an intense relationship with the elements of nature and a strict attachment to the rituals and ceremonies that allow them to guarantee their families welfare. Akuun ñee is the temazcal Goddess, the bearer of the hot and cold duality. This Goddess in the Tlapaneca mythology is the one that created the sun, the moon, and the fire. If she is not revered or doesn’t receive an offering, one runs the risk of suffering diseases or family imbalances. The ceremony described to reflect the vitality of the indigenous cultures in the times of globalization and its effects. ER -