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<b>When Catholics in the Southwest</b> ask God or a saint for help, many of them do not merely pray. They also promise or present a giftÑa tiny metal object known as a milagro. A milagro, which means "miracle" in Spanish, depicts the object for which a miracle is sought, such as a crippled leg or a new house. Milagros are offered for everything people pray for, and so they can represent almost anything imaginableÑarms, lungs, hearts, and eyes; men, women, and children; animals, cars, b
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- Author
- Eileen Oktavec; Project Muse
- Publisher
- Tucson: University of Arizona Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780816515578
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Religion, Art, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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