Duku kä misi
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Duku kä misi (literally, "pristine layer") is the topmost and oldest of four layers in the Ya̧nomamö cosmos. Everything in the cosmos originated in the duku kä misi,[1] but it subsequently fell down into lower layers and duku kä misi has since been abandoned.[2] The Ya̧nomamö compare it to an "old woman" and give it the characteristics of an "abandoned garden". In Ya̧nomamö culture gardens share with post-menopausal women lack of fertility.[3] Of the four layers, it is the least referred to in Ya̧nomamö culture.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Wilson et al., "Native Americans".
- ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, pp. 100-1.
- ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, p. 71.
- ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, p. 100.
[edit] References
- Chagnon, Napoleon A. (1997), Ya̧nomamö (5th ed.), Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, ISBN 0-15-505327-2
- Wilson, David J.; Salomon, Frank & Kicza, John E. (2007), “Native Americans of Middle and South America”, Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, <http://encarta.msn.com/text_701509044___2/native_americans_of_middle_and_south_america.html>. Retrieved on 2 March 2008
