The present work is based on the presuppositions of the psychology of culture that it seeks to apprehend the modalities which is built and it shows the person in a certain culture and, starting from this observation, it tries to understand the main aspects of the human reality (Augras, 1995). The main idea about the social imaginary - historical brazilian, appears the religion universe known as afro, having as the main character the pretos-velhos. A dialogue with authors of the social-sciences (Geertz, 1989; Berger, 1985; Bourdieu, 2004 et al.) it puts in evidence the hystoricals-social dynamics that leads their roles, among these, the characters of grandfathers and grandmothers, that the followers look for pieces of advice and protection. It intends a reading about this kind of relationship, based on the concept winnicottian of holding.