Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon / Jonathan D. Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-

Series:

Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.

Interpretations of culture in the new millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curripaco Indians--Folklore.

Curripaco Indians.

Curripaco mythology.

Curripaco Indians--Songs and music.

Tricksters--Venezuela.

Tricksters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Made-from-Bone is the first work to provide a complete set of English translations of narratives about the mythic past and its transformations from the indigenous Arawak-speaking people of South America. Among the Arawak-speaking Wakuénai of southernmost Venezuela, storytellers refer to these narratives as "words from the primordial times, " and they are set in an unfinished space-time before there were any clear distinctions between humans and animals, men and women, day and night, old and young, and powerful and powerless. The central character throughout these primordial times and the ensuing developments that open up the world of distinct peoples, species, and places is a trickster-creator, Made-from-Bone, who survives a prolonged series of life-threatening attacks and ultimately defeats all his adversaries. Carefully recorded and transcribed by Jonathan D. Hill, these narratives offer scholars of South America and other areas the only ethnographically generated cosmogony of contemporary or ancient native peoples of South America. Hill includes translations of key mythic narratives along with interpretive and ethnographic discussion that expands on the myths surrounding this fascinating and enigmatic character with broad appeal throughout various folkloric traditions.

Contents:

""front cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface: Introducing Made-from-Bone, the Trickster-Creator""; ""1. The Arawakan Wakuenai of Venezuela""; ""Part 1: Words from the Primordial Times""; ""Overview""; ""2. Narratives from the Primordial Times""; ""The Cricket-Brothers; or, The Origin of Made-from-Bone""; ""The Origin of Death""; ""Owl-Monkey; or, Made-from-Bone Tires to End Poisoning""; ""Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person""; ""The Origin of the Bat-People""; ""The Origin of Cooking with Hot Peppers""

""The Origin of the Vulture-People""""Great Sickness; or, The Origin of Malaria""; ""Made-from-Bone Creates Evil Omens""; ""3. Ethnohistorical Interlude: Historical Themes in the Myth of Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person""; ""Part 2: The World Begins""; ""Overview""; ""4. Narratives from ""The World Begins""""; ""Grandfather Sleep; or, The Origin of Night""; ""The Origin of Fire""; ""The Origin of Working In Manioc Gardens""; ""The Origin of Ceremonial Music""; ""The Origin of Bocachico-Fish Dances""; ""Pipirri; or, The Origin of Peach-Palm Fruits""

""5. Ethnomusicological Interlude: The Catfish Trumpet Festival of 1981, or How to Ask for a Drink in Curripaco""""Part 3: The World Opens Up""; ""Overview""; ""6. Naratives from ""The World Opens Up""""; ""Kuwai, the Powerful Sound the Opened Up the World""; ""The Struggle between Made-from-Bone and First-Woman""; ""The Origin of Hallucinogenic Snuff and Shamanic Healing""; ""The Origin of Honey for Curing""; ""The Origin of Witchcraft and Its Treatment""; ""The Origin of Enchanted Spirits and the City of Gold""; ""7. Ethnological Coda: Shamanizing the State in Venezuela""

""Appendix A: A Note on Translation Methods""""Appendix B: AILLA Numbers for Narratives, Music, Dances, and Illustrations""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""References Cited""; ""Index""; ""back cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.

ISBN:

9786613895547

9781283583091

1283583097

9780252091513

0252091515

OCLC:

811409127