Pané: the healer fasts with the patient (Ayiti, about 1496–98)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1496 · Places: Ayiti
SUMMARYPané: the healer fasts with the patient (Ayiti, about 1496–98) [Connections: Ayiti spirit, first-person, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDChapter 15–16 (Arrom ed., pp. 34–36, as quoted by Serna): "El médico está obligado a guardar dieta, lo mismo que el paciente, y a poner cara de enfermo" (the doctor must keep the same fast as the patient, and take on the face of a sick person); chapter 16, "De lo que hacen dichos behiques," describes the healing rite. HOSTILE witness (missionary)
PATTERNThe behique's healing was a discipline with rules (shared fasting, ritual action), not random "witchcraft."
LENS (WW9)A healer who carries the patient's sickness in his own body; a priesthood with a code
OPENPané also reports that behiques who failed could be punished by the family; confirm wording in the full chapter before using