book chapter
Myth, cosmos, and ceremony among the Shipibo
cosmic zygote : cosmology in the Amazon Basin • New Brunswick, N. J. • Published In 1982 • Pages: 32-126, 313-331, 343-365
By: Roe, Peter G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Following an ethnographic sketch of the Shipibo, Roe presents a sample of 11 mythological texts, dealing primarily with ethnic interactions, relations of the sexes, and major supernatural figures. These texts deal with myths of a serious nature as well as short humorous folktales. A brief history of the aboriginal and modern ethnic groups in the region is then presented showing how the Shipibo define themselves in terms of these groups, and also to show the historical correlates of ethnicity. A section then follows on the Shipibo puberty rites, the Ani Shrëati and Bëstëti Shrëati, in which girls of the tribe undergo radical clitoridectomy and hair cutting. The document concludes with a study of Shipibo cosmology, including data on shamanism, sorcery, and the spirit world.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Puberty and initiation
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shipibo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- sixteenth-twentieth centuries
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ucayali River area, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter G. Roe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-365)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80039908
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians