Made from Bone: Trickster Myths, Music, and History from the Amazon

Glossary

Glossary Ámaru: First-Woman, the paternal aunt of Made-from-Bone, who gave birth to the primordial human being, Kuwái, and who opened up the world for the second time by playing the flutes and trumpets of Kuwái in various places anigua: Type of small worm that penetrates the soles of people’s feet and that must be removed with a needle or other sharp object ataraya: Curved wooden frame that holds a net for scooping up fish stunned to surface with barbasco barbasco: Kind of poison made from a cultivated plant (Tephrosia sp.) that is used to catch fish by blocking their ability to breathe bocachico: Species of small fish (Leporinus spp.) that migrates and spawns at the beginning of long wet seasons in April and provides ideal food gift for male-owned pudáli ceremonies (see also kulirrína); three varieties of bocachico—white (táari), spotted (dúme), and red-tailed (dupári)—serve as names for collective dances in opening stage of male-owned pudáli ceremonies camahái: Poison that kills people when mixed in drinks and that originated in primordial times Cricket-Brothers: First manifestation of Made-from-Bone and his brother after their aunt saved the bones of their slain father curare: Poison used for hunting monkeys, birds, and other arboreal game animals with blowguns Dáinali: Grandfather Sleep, the mythic owner of night and sleep dápa: Paca (Cuniculus paca), a species of large rodent considered to be the finest game animals for human consumption déetu: Species of black coconut-palm weevil that develops from white larvae (múth i) that have been deposited in felled or broken palm trees; also, the name of flutes played during the second, late-night stage of pudáli ceremonies Duiménai: Name for the Cricket-Brothers in the story of the origin of Made-fromBone ; comes from an episode near the end of the narrative in which the boys transform into squirrels, and blood flowing from wounds on their hands turns into a kind of honey used in shamanic curing rituals dzawírra: Viejita (Spanish), a species of small fish (cicholasoma); also the name for máwi flute dances played in the last stage of pudáli ceremonies dzudzuápani: “Wheel dance” song; a collective song and dance performed with dance stamping tubes to mark the end of the second, late-night stage of a female-owned pudáli ceremony Dzúli: Younger brother of Made-from-Bone who learns all of the sacred songs and chants of male initiation rituals from Kuwái and who becomes the first master chanter (malikái limínali) Dzulíhwerri: Great Shaman, the mythic owner of hallucinogenic snuff (dzáatu) who taught Éeri to become the first shaman (malírri) Éenutanhísre: Place far downstream near the sea; associated with white people and diseases Éeri: Younger brother of Made-from-Bone and the first to go through the male initiation ritual guapa: Circular woven tray used to carry manioc bread Hekuápi Ih méetakawa: “The World Opens Up,” the period when the primordial human being (Kuwái) first created the species and objects of nature through musical naming power and First-Woman (Ámaru) opened up the world for a second time by playing the musical instruments of Kuwái in various places Hekuápi Ikéeñuakawa: “The World Begins,” the time when Made-from-Bone created night, fire, and peach-palm fruits by obtaining them from various mythic owners Hípana: Mythic center or “navel” of the world, the place where Made-from-Bone created the ancestral spirits of various patrisibs by raising them from a hole beneath the rapids, giving them powerful names, and blowing tobacco smoke over them Hménakh óewa: One of three nephews of Made-from-Bone who saw Kuwái and who were eaten by Kuwái because they prematurely broke their ritual fast Iñápirríkuli: Made-from-Bone, an invincible and omniscient trickster-creator who is the most pervasive character in Wakuénai mythic narratives itálikanáti: “President”; paramount chief; indigenous term used to describe leaders of multiethnic confederacies during colonial period Káali: Manioc-Man, the mythic owner of manioc and all cultivated plants; creator of ceremonial dance music (mádzerukái) as way of teaching his sons to ask respectfully for drinks during pudáli and other ceremonies Káalimátu: Wasp-person who served as messenger between Kuwái and Made-fromBone...