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Eschatology in a participatory universe: destinies of the soul among the Warao Indians of Venezuela
Death and the afterlife in pre-Columbian America : a conference at Dumbarton Oaks, October 27th, 1973 • Washington, D. C. • Published In 1975 • Pages: 163-189
By: Wilbert, Johannes.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a survey of Warao cosmological, eschatological, and spiritual beliefs. Priest-shamans function as intermediaries between human beings and the supernaturals, who must also be placated through propitiation. Wilbert describes the Warao conception of the universe in vivid detail, and concludes with some hypotheses concerning ancient Warao ethnoastronomy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cosmology
- Spirits and gods
- Eschatology
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- 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
- essay
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Johannes Wilbert
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74022694
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians