What is a charlatan?

The charlatan is an individual who cheats people in order to obtain some economic benefit, or advantage through deception or trickery.
This word apparently has its origin in the French term charlatan, used to refer to the medicine vendors who announced their presence through shouting, music, or a show in direct. One of the best known charlatans in France was Tabarín, who set up a stage on the Place Dauphin in Paris in the year 1618, who inspired Moliere. The word may have its origin in the Italian ciarlare, (to chat), or from Cerretano, a native of Cereto, a town famous for its healers.
The charlatans, usually have very particular abilities, among these they have the gift of the word, for medium of which hooks the buyer, who in general is uneducated on the subject that the charlatan is driving. Manual skill (rapid movement of the hands).
In more colloquial language, someone who talks excessively is also called a charlatan and, more specifically and in a pejorative sense, when he also talks about something that he does not know or does not understand.

There are those who confuse the occult, esotericism with charlatans, and this is due in large part, because they handle information such as astrology, riddles, numbers, medicine.
This confusion is also due to the secrecy or secrecy in which the charlatan must maintain his procedures to prevent other people outside his practice from noticing the fraud. In this way, charlatanism does not allow openness to criticism, since its questioning and analysis would demonstrate that it is fraudulent practices.
In conclusion, the charlatan is the person who is dedicated to deceive, as are the merolicos, in Mexico, or the town criers in other countries, and perhaps they have something to do with the minstrels, who were the advertisers of news and events in ancient times.