Iich'aa
Iich'aa ( nv, , pronounced “eech aaw”, no inflexion) is a culture-specific syndrome, culture-bound syndrome found in the Navajo people, Navajo Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American culture. The non-exclusive list of symptoms are: Epileptic, epileptic behaviour (nervousness, convulsions), loss of self-control, self-destructive behaviour and fits of violence and rage. It can, together with other culture-bound syndromes: notably Running amok, amok (Indonesian language, Indonesian), gila mengamok (Malay language, Malay), cafard (Polynesian languages, Polynesian) or mal de pelea (Puerto Ricans, Puerto-Rican), be grouped in the “taxon”: SMAS syndrome (Sudden Mass Assault Syndrome). Mothway The Mothway myth Iich’aa translates to “moth craziness” or “taboo-breaking”, which refers to the ancestral Navajo beliefs about this disorder. The literal translation of iich’aa is “one who falls into the fire” which is one of the characteristics of the moth ...
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Running Amok
Amok syndrome is an aggressive dissociative behavioral pattern derived from Malaysia that led to the English phrase, running amok. The word derives from the Malay word , traditionally meaning "an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects, usually by a single individual, following a period of brooding, which has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior".Definition of "amok" by Oxford Dictionary
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