Book

Warao oral literature

Editorial Sucre (9)Published In 1964 • Pages: 199

By: Wilbert, Johannes.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This collection of Warao folk tales (De-Nobo) was gathered in a period of five weeks in 1954; the main informant was the chief-priest of the Winikina Warao who inhabit the central part of the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela. Each story is presented in the Warao language (transcribed phonemically) and followed by the English translation of Dr. Henry Osborn. The tales are divided into sections dealing with various subjects such as: Tales of Origin, Tales of Men and Women, Tales of Animals, Tales of Enemies, etc. Various versions of the same tale are often given.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Literature
Literary texts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Warao
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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
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
Amal Vinogradov ; 1965
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1954
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1954
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Winikina Warao, Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
NotesAdditional notes
Johannes Wilbert
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
67001829
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Warao Indians