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Secular and sacred functions of the fire among the Warao

Antropológica / Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle • 19 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 3-23

By: Wilbert, Johannes.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a concise article about the technology for and beliefs about fire among the Warao. Specific data are primarily from the Winikina subgroup. Detailed coverage on fire and torch making, hearths, and fire maintenance is supplemented with data on sexual division of labor and the religious importance of fire. The article also contains a version of the Warao fire origin myth. Social and religious data would seem secondary in importance to description of the technology.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Fire

Heating and lighting equipment

Light

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

article

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.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Richard A. Wagner ; John Beierle ; 1985

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

not specified

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. 22-23)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

65004908

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Warao Indians