p.

term

meaning

6

pu:la

mysterious, supernatural ("especially the power to transform oneself")

Pu:lowi

wife of Huya ‘Rain’; "underground or at the bottom of the sea {cf. [Eskimo] Sedna}, ... anthropophag[o]us seducer of men."

7

"The Pulowi of the sea and the Pulowi who dwells in the earth are Juya’s co-wives."

term

meaning

ge (guee)

holy

[Mixtec] >i>a (San Miguel Grande), yaa (Atatlahuca), ya (Xicaltepec)

god

p.

name

theophany

9

ekwikia

illness-causing daimon which all the dead become {cf. p>o}

emanokwana

good spirit which the all the dead become {cf. hun}

Eyakwinahhi

beneficent creator who established human culture, "then lost interest in human affairs and went back to heaven"

Edosikiana

god empowering shamans to cure

10

Ena-edosikiana

god who is master of fish in river

Epawaehha

long-nosed, long-fingernailed featherheaddress-wearing underground-passage-abiding god catching humans to take them underground as prisoners, painting them and after 5 days boiling and eating them

Eyamikekwa

god imparting to shaman abilities "to make cosmic trips, see the inside of bodies"

we:ro kama`ki (‘shade-soul’)

term

meaning

i-yulmax

"guardian spirit that an individual could gain"

i-giwam

"dream", "shaman"

p.

term

meaning

3

Pilan~

god of ku:tral (‘fire’)

4

lanka

malachite and other green minerals; "sacred"

p.

term

meaning

6

to`i

"dying person"

tope:t

"cadaver"

tobi`s^

mythic place where the Ah^na`bsero deities first emerged; male secret society; dome-shaped hut used by secret society (to` ‘death’ + bi`s^ ‘place’)

7

meh^ni`k

"tabu", "cadaveric putrefaction"

wozo`s^

"venom, poison"; "awesome, sacred" (wo` ‘beneficial deities’ + zo`s^ ‘norm, mandate, law’)

puru`h^le

"extreme old age"; "senile persons"; "mythic first ancestors"; "fainting"

8

c^ike`ra

"dream"

9

o`m

"good, kind, peaceful, benevolent and affectionate toward others"

10

Ah^na`bsero

"higher deities" (ah^ ‘stranger, foreigner’ + na`bsa ‘anthropomorphic’) who bestowed e`iwo (‘intelligence, understanding, reasoning’)

term

meaning

c^iwemu`i

"toad" (which empowereth witches)

wa-tsi`pai

wanto`pa (‘chief’) of an animal species : when shot it transformeth wa-noki`ren (‘soul’) of hunter into that species

u:ka (Amaracire), yu:ka (Wacipaire)

"Erotic power that seduces a person of the opposite sex." (Atunto was a hero "who in primordial times seduced a married woman.")

p.

term

meaning

3

payak

deity

ilew

"the dead" ("When a person dies, his or her soul hovers around the grave for several days, then becomes a payak, and finally goes to the underworld where all similar payak live.")

4

oyk

"power" (only that of deities, witches, the dead, and the very old)

>anaGak

"physical force, vital energy or good health"

paqal

"shade"; soul "at the back" (during sleep, "paqal is supposed to leave the body and through its activities generate dreams."); "a dead person turned into a theophany"

Pi>yaGale>ek

name of deity who "is the owner of the dead."

ki>i

"reflex image" soul

Dawayk

name of deity who "is the master of the ostriches."

5

letawa

payak-auxiliary of shaman or of witch

pi>yoGonaq

"shaman"

6

konaGanaGae

witch-woman (konaGana ‘catch’ + Gae ‘she who’) ["Birds are a witch’s auxiliaries."]

sanamanin

"Erotic passion"

p.

term

meaning

7

aejamas

tabu animals (animals forbidden to be killed)

halok

cannot, must not (of forbidden actions)

8

kue

secret, cannot be told

p.

term

meaning

9

jaqa>a

deities and animals witnessed in dreams

no>wet

shaman; guardian spirits in nature

10

haloik

spiritual power

[na]pii[n]s^ek

woman’s spiritual power

ltagaiagawa

"auxiliary spirits" of shaman

term

meaning

ku

god; nest

kub

to dedicate; to deposit

kul

reverence, adoration

p. 9

those who have the eyen of the grandparents : "they use old words, old Maya, ... words no one has taught them. They begin to have dreams that make them remember things they already know. So these people ... can become very great shamans." [according to the author, this description would imply "the migration of souls" for "children born with dormant, inherent knowledge." {Platon, whose dialogues teach about innnate, inhaerent knowledge, likewise believed in metempsychosis.}]

p. 10

" "Only when the question is asked will (the gods) speak to you" ... . Yet the question ... comes suddenly, in dream."

p.

term

meaning

8

fe`rxki

power

kuxkusi`

shaman

ku`s

tobacco

9

faraxtaksi`

persons (‘sorcerers’) who inflict ailments by means of smoke, hair, a thorn, or a stone

xere`xere`

fragrant odor

ac^isc^i`s

putrid odor (causing disease)

There was a woman who cured a man of inability to urinate, by untying his bow-string. Then Mic^a [a deity] "came and blew on her, and ... she changed into ku`s".

p. 8

"all the kuxkusi`’s body is now pure tobacco."

p. 9

"The kuxkusi`’s drum also cannot be touched. Whoever touches it becomes crazy."

name

theophany

Hunuk War

god of mountain-passes

Hane (in Milkayak) / Torom (in Alentiak)

god of rain

Noc^um (in Milkayak) / Xapmana (in Alentiak)

god curing diseases

term

meaning

axo`t

sacred; divine being

lakaxna`iax

spiritual power

paxla`

antient mythic ancestors (such as, Atsina-paxla ‘Antient Woman’)

wici`

the dead

towexe`i

"the shaman’s auxiliary spirits who are personified illnesses that the shaman has captured and now aid him in cures."

xayawe`

shaman

term

meaning

t>un

sacred

ifo>ax

forbidden

jiyiltimeoax

lucky

"In the morning we greeted the sun by touching the top of our head with the right hand and putting forward the palm of our hand. This we did four times and then we put our hand on our heart and bowed our head."

location

Formerly, the disk-shaped heaven "communicated with the earth by means of a liana (mamanaebi; Spanish bejuco) which enabled Moon to come down and sojourn on earth."

Maiyo Ke:ki is "the mountain where ... their ancestors were saved from the deluge." (south of Ocamo river between its affluents He:rita ke: u and Buuta ke: u)

p.

term

meaning

6

yai te: be:

daimones

hetu ke: misi

heaven as disk

7

hetu

"rainbow"

misi

"land turtle"

buuta

"honey"

mahari

"a dream"

buhi

soul "which separates from a man’s body at his death."

nores^i

"vital principle ... as a shade or double" ("The doubles are incarnated in animals, and when a person falls sick he or she has to imitate the animal in which the double is incarnated.")

bore

spectre, apparition ["boremou is to speak during one’s sleep" (p. 10)]

boreri

"human beings, in the language of spirits"

has^o

short-tailed weasel (Monodelphis brevicaudata)

yamona

"bee that hives inside trees"

8

yorekitirami

"booby bird, Monasa atra, Bucconidae)."

hekura

spirits of animals, plants, and minerals

boribo

"moon"

borari

"spirits living near river rapids"

bora

"rapids, falls" of river

habe:i

spirits stored in shaman’s chest

habrabe:i

"spirits liberated by the death of a shaman as they go to join the body of another shaman."

mroo

"a kind of fly"

herami

"black hawk"

yemira

"thunder"

tahimi

"lightning"

kakuruma

"quartz"

wahitori

daimones "of savannas and swamps."

amahiri

daimones "who live underground."

yawari

daimones who "live in the water."

yawari-yoma

female yawari

barauri

evil aquatic daimones

yakekl

"act of fighting against demons"

wahari

breeze just before dawn; the daimones of this breeze

9

omawe

dragonfly

itotai

"the hekura who unites himself to a shaman"

kre:aai

"particular way of singing adopted by the shaman when a spirit joins him"

behiki

"the substance the shaman extracts from the sick"

10

watos^e

"symbolic crown placed on the head of a new shaman at the end of his initiation."

was^aema

black leopard [black panther]

watori

"draft of wind produced by the spirits as they run"

11

haya ke: henaki

"a charm used in witchcraft"

haya

"a kind of deer"

yokai

"to throw the magical substance heri"

aroami

"the deadly Bothrop atrox serpent"

hes^imou

"wild hen, Tinamus major"

baruri

white-tailed guan "curassow, Spanish : pauji; Crax alector"

nomai

"to die"

nomawe:

"dead"

12

bena

"a rat, whose hair is used in making spells."

orihiye

"the name given to a sick or dead animal found lying on the ground. ... the Yanomami believe that it is the effect of magic charms".

oriyiyamou

"bad omen"

he:ri

"animal or vegetable substances used in magic"

heyarii

"to throw the smoke of an evil substance on a victim."

ahe: ke: ana

"a kind of cuckoo, Neomorphus rufipennis, Cuculidae."

breibreimi

a species of frog

horama

"Tinamida"

amo

centre

barawo

"carved stick the point of which has been rubbed with curare ... as a missile"

p.

term

use of drugs

10

ebena

"generic term for hallucinogens"

ebenamou

"act of taking the drug collectively"; "characterisitic cry of" yebi

yebi

cranes ("a party of drug inhaling Yanomami looks like a group of cranes shouting and taking flight." {in Daoism, cranes typify transmutation of a human into an immortal})

wayu

"effective" (of drugs, of a venom, or of sexual pleasure)

hayakoari ke: henaki

"Justitia sp." (species of cultivated hallucinogenic plant) [= hayakoari "small dark tapir" + henaki "leaf"]

yakoama / ayukuma

"Virola elongata, Benth" ("a tree the bark of which yields another hallucinogenic drug")

11

ayakora henaki

species of "fragrant plant that is blended with the drugs"

aroaria

"a plant of the genus Cyperus, a rush employed in the preparation of a charm"

hes^imou ke: mameku

"a plant of the genus Cyperus is used as a charm to catch" hes^imou

baruri ke: mamoku

"Cyperus corymbosus Rottboll, is a cultivated plant used to chase away the" baruri

kowe mas^i

"Marantha arundinacea L., is another cultivated plant employed in witchcraft" [to influence mas^i ‘kinsfolk’ ?]

nomaremi ke:ki

"Cyperus articulatus L. is a cultivated rush used in witchcraft" of lethal effects

manaka keki

"a magic plant that makes women thin and sterile"

p.

deity

description

7

Has^e-riwe:

(spirit of has^o) "is the one who obtained tobacco for the Yanomami".

Tohomamo-riwe

"the spirit of little red hummingbird of the Trochilidae family."

Yamonawa-riwe:

spirit of yamona

Yorekiti-rawe:

spirit of yorekitirami

8

Watos^e

spirit of leopard

Watuba-riwe

"the cannibal spirit of the buzzard"

Yohomou

"the spirit that takes possession of a child."

Ihama-riwe;

"the spirit of the sloth, Bradypus tridactilus"

Iwa-riwe

"the spirit of the cayman who ... is the owner of fire."

Mroo-siri

village of daimones in the sky

Hera

spirit of herami, in sky

Ye;ru

daimon whose voice is yemira

warori

"mythological serpents of Yeru who keeps them as pets."

Tahimi-riwe:

spirit of tahimi

Hetu Misi-riwe

caelestial cannibal-daimon {cf. "giant turtle" who ate travelers who had fallen into the sea (GM 96.f)}

Hoo

"a forest demon who drops from the trees in order to be carried by passersby." {cf. Old Man of the Sea in "5^th Voyage" of Sind-bad in 1001 Nights}

Omawe: Kobeki

forest daimon who hath "very long arms which enable him to capture men from afar in order to kill and eat them. He sports a painted face" and is teeth are like a leopard’s.

Kakuro

daimon "of the rock Kakuruma".

9

Titiri

daimon of night

12

Ahe:na-riwe:

"the mythic spirit of a bird called ahe: ke: ana"

Brueyeyoma

female spirit of breibreimi : "the little cayman’s wife in the story of the origin of fire."

Horama

a fruit-eating bird "that nestles on the ground and sings at midnight."

Amoa Ke: Hi

"the mythic anthropomorphic tree"

Rahara-riwe

"a huge water monster that is said to eat a man whole." {anaconda?}