Hei kä misi
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In the Ya̧nomamö cosmos, Hei kä misi (literally, "this layer") is earth and the third highest of four vertically parallel layers. The Ya̧nomamö believe that Hei kä misi was created when a part of Hedu kä misi (Heaven) got dislodged and fell.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, p. 101.
[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
