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Cubeo Hehénewa religious thought : metaphysics of a northwestern Amazonian people / Irving Goldman ; edited by Peter J. Wilson.
LIBRA BL2580 .G65 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldman, Irving, 1911-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Religion.
- Religion.
- Amazon River Region--Religion.
- Amazon River Region.
- Physical Description:
- xlv, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- The societies of Vaupis region are among the most documented indigenous cultures, in part because they are thought to resemble earlier civilizations lost during initial colonial conflict, and students and scholars are eagerly awaiting the publication of this posthumous work by the man widely regarded as the preeminent authority on Vaupis Amazonian societies. This definitive account of the religion of a significant Amazonian culture was substantially completed before Irving Goldman's death, but Peter Wilson has edited it for publication, providing an introduction to Goldman's work.
- Contents:
- The Subject of Religion 8
- 2. Creation and Emergence 17
- I. Process in Creation 17
- The Era of Kuwaiwa 17
- Kuwaiwa: Creation and the Creation Deities 22
- The Anacondas 31
- The Ancients 36
- Yuredo 38
- II. Social Principles 39
- Emergence of the Sibs 39
- Prototypes 42
- Patriliny 43
- Hierarchy 44
- Animal Associations 45
- 3. The Social Order 48
- I. The Tribe 48
- The Human Being 48
- The Social System 55
- The Tribe 57
- The Ancient Moiety System 61
- Territory 70
- Tribal Cohesion 72
- II. The Phratry from Without 73
- The Expanded Tribal Organization 73
- Hehenewa 75
- Formation of the Phratries 77
- Organization of the Hehenewa 77
- Bahukiwa 80
- The Hehenewa Phratry as Listed by the Bahukiwa 86
- III. The Phratry from Within 89
- Hierarchical Structure 89
- Birth/Emergence Order 90
- Seniority of Descent 91
- Anaconda/River 91
- Consanguine Kin Relations 92
- Ritual Functions 94
- Dyadic Hierarchy of Dominance/Subordination 95
- IV. The External Role of the Phratry: The Sib 96
- Authority and Power 96
- Chiefship 97
- Class 99
- The Sib 102
- Sib Names 104
- V. The Inner Working of the Sib 105
- Kinship 105
- Consanguineal Kin 106
- The Opposing Generations 107
- The Generation of Siblings 108
- The Community of Kinship 113
- Marriage 115
- The Festival of Abundance (Upaiweteno) 118
- 4. Daily Life at Ground Level 121
- The Connubial Household 121
- The Residential Site 123
- The Maloca (Kenami, Kurami) 124
- The Chagra 131
- Origins of Horticulture 132
- The Myths of Horticulture 133
- Productivity of the Garden 137
- The River (Hya) 138
- Food and Nutrition 141
- Social Relations in Food and Eating 142
- Religious Foundations of Diet (Hava) 144
- Hot and Cold 146
- Purity: Fasting and Vomiting 141
- 5. The Cosmic Order 151
- Cosmic Realms 156
- The Earth (Habono; Habono Mahekru Tukubu) 157
- The Order of Earthly Existence 158
- Diurnal and Seasonal Rhythms and Cycles 159
- The Intervals of Night and Day 161
- The Day 163
- The Seasons 164
- Realm of Vultures (Kava) 165
- Realm of the Dolphins (Mamuwuhya) 166
- Realm of the Moon 167
- Realm of the Sun 168
- Realm of the Stars 169
- Realm of Kuwai 171
- Animals and the Cubeo 171
- The Classification of Nature 175
- 6. The Ritual Order 185
- I. The Order of Being 185
- Life-Cycle Rituals 186
- Initiation Rites 194
- II. Analysis 206
- III. Rituals of Training 216
- Bedeino 216
- Variability 230
- 7. Death and Mourning 232
- I. Dogma 232
- The Mythology of Death 234
- Interpretation 242
- Burial (Yuai'no) 248
- Interlude 251
- II. Rituals 252
- Drinking the Bones (Kwankoro) 252
- Oyno 255
- Burning the Masks (Tajwaino) 273
- Transformations 274
- The Maloca 274
- III. Instruments, Implements, and Dances 277
- Masks (Tawu) 277
- The Community of Spirits (Tuwaharia) 279
- Heads of the Tawu (Hehenewa Version) 281
- The Ensemble of Masks 284
- The Judjuko and Judjuku 286
- Sadness Abandoned (Chionye Jaruwaino) 292
- 8. Shamans, Jaguars, and Thunderers 300
- I. History 300
- The Origin Tradition: Structural Order 312
- Transformative Agents 319
- The Shamanic Vision 325
- II. Becoming a Paye and Curing 333
- Master and Pupil 333
- The Qualities of a Paye: "Seeing" 336
- Illness and Disease 337
- Illness, Cure, and Myth 341
- 9. Concepts of Power 345
- Ethnicity 345
- Primary Powers 346
- Secondary Powers 358
- Powers of Payes and Laymen 367
- Mind and Body 373
- The Structure of Powers 378
- 10. Gender 384
- Gender and Creation 384
- Gender, Biology, and Female Identity 387
- Gender and Ritual 390
- The Status of Women in Religious Thought 392
- Gender and the Social Order 397
- The Ritual Order 402.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-425) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231130201
- 023113021X
- OCLC:
- 53045254
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