What other beliefs does Juana possess in the narrative besides those of Catholicism? John Steinbeck's The Pearl

First of all, Juana is an Indian in Mexico, so she
maintains some of the ancient beliefs of the Indian; on the other hand, her people have
been converted to Catholicism by Spanish missionaries.

In
the exposition of Steinbeck's The Pearl, Juana sings an ancient
song that has only three notes, but it possesses "an endless variety of interest."  When
her baby is bitten by the scorpion, Juana whispers "the old magic" and Kino hears "the
evil music of the enemy," so they are both superstitious and primitive in some of their
beliefs.  For instance, when Kino looks at the Pearl of the World, in the surface of
this great pearl, he can see dream forms.  But, he and Juana both hear the music of evil
later on when the outsiders come to see the pearl.

After
Kino is not able to sell the great pearl and he is attacked, Juana tells her
husband,

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"Kino, this pearl is evil.  Let us destroy it
before it destroys us.  Let us crush it between two stones.  Let us--let us throw it
back in the sea where it belongs.  Kino, it is evil, it is
evil!"

Finally, after Kino is
attacked and has to flee, his brother Juan Thomas tells
Kino,

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"...There is a devil in this pearl.  You should
have sold it and passed on to the
devil."

But Kino cannot part
with it. As he leaves Juan Thomas, Kino tells his brother, "This pearl has become my
soul.  Go thou also with God."  Later, as the trackers come near him, Juana cautiously
looks through a hole.  She

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whispered her combination of prayer and magic,
her Hail Marys and her ancient intercession, against the black unhuman
things.

And, then, when the
evil overtakes them and Coyotito is dead, Kino and Juana throw the great pearl.  It
lands on the floor of the sea, buried is sand.