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Jaguar and the revenge of the twins as told by Daramasiwä

Title: Jaguar and the revenge of the twins as told by Daramasiwä [videorecording] / Documentary Educational Resources ; a film by Napoleon A. Chagnon and Timothy Asch
Publication: [Watertown, Mass.] : Documentary Educational Resources, 1976.

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1 videocassette (22 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

The myth is that of Jaguar, a prominent figure throughout South American indian mythology. Long ago, Curare woman tasted bitter, so Jaguar did not eat her. Curare woman hid her pregnant daughter in the roof above Jaguar's hammock, and sent Jaguar far away to hunt while her daughter was fed by birds whom she protected. One day the daughter pissed all over Jaguar. He smelled the urine and smashed the daughter to the ground, killing her. Curare woman took the daughter's twin fetuses and hid them in a bark container, where they became hekura spirits. When they grew to be men and became "aware", they sought revenge. Through cunning and with an arrow obtained from the sky's edge, they succeeded in killing Jaguar.

Series Statement

Yanomamö series

Alternative Title

Jaguar, a Yanomamo twin cycle myth as told by Daramasiwa

Subject

System Details (note)

VHS.

Language (note)

In Yanomamo with English subtitles.

OCLC

30831385

Title

Jaguar and the revenge of the twins as told by Daramasiwä [videorecording] / Documentary Educational Resources ; a film by Napoleon A. Chagnon and Timothy Asch

Imprint

[Watertown, Mass.] : Documentary Educational Resources, 1976.

Series

Yanomamö series

System Details

VHS.

Language

In Yanomamo with English subtitles.

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Added Author

Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-2019.

Asch, Timothy.

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Title on container: Jaguar, a Yanomamo twin cycle myth as told by Daramasiwa

Branch Call Number

VTH 4895 J

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