Kaweshawa
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Ye'kwana
[edit]| ALIV | Kaweshawa |
|---|---|
| Brazilian standard | Kaweeshawa |
| New Tribes | Caweeshawa |
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kaweshawa
- (Ye'kwana mythology) The daughter of the master of fish who became Wanadi’s wife
- One of a small number of temporary names given to a baby girl at birth until a true name can be determined
References
[edit]- de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “Kaweshawa”, in David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 56, 116
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[1], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 203, 222, 245: “Cuwashewa [sic] […] Caweshawa”
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[2], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 109: “Kaweshawa”