NON-HUMAN SPIRITS, INHUMAN SPIRITS: THE SUPERNATURE WORLD OF THE SURUWAHA FROM THE PURUS RIVER
The Suruwaha, a group from the Purus River basin, Western Amazonia, that speaks an Arawan language, conceive beings inhabiting other regions of the cosmos as jadawasu, non-human - and even some of them as inhuman. These “spirits” have bodies with human appearance and are able to interact with humans...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Espaço Ameríndio |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/57701 |