How pumas die: myth and ritual in Huaraz (central northern peru) This paper presents new ethnographic data on puma symbolism in the Andes. Through samples of speech collected in Quechua in the area of Huaraz (central-northern Peru), I first describe how the animal is collectively perceived. Next, I analyze a myth, also in Quechua, which shows that the puma is a symbolic representation of the ancestors. This above provides the key which enables us to understand the symbolic value of puma fat, as well as an infrequent ritual which is carried out at the moment of death.Cet article présente quelques éléments ethnographiques nouveaux à propos du symbolisme du puma dans les Andes. En partant de discours recueillis en quechua dans la région de Hu...
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Dans cet article sont examinés les traces, invisibles à l\u27archéologue, des rites qui incluent un ...
Five centuries ago, the highest Andean mountains were climbed by Inca priests for the ritual perform...
Tubers and Death: Preliminary Analysis of the Relations Between the Natural and Cultural Order in Mo...
Se reporta una práctica ritual llamada Tullupampay, desarrollada en el pueblo de Chongos Bajo, al su...
An Andean anthropological focus on ritual and collective intoxication within a festive setting - in ...
International audienceLa domestication des camélidés, lamas et alpagas, s’est réalisée entre 6000 et...
The author discusses versions of the Andean oral tradition regarding the Achkay (an anthropophagous ...
International audienceThis article reconstructs the final diet of sacrificed domestic camelids from ...
Engager une anthropologie de l’ivresse rituelle et collective dans un contexte festif – notamment fu...
Cet article propose une interprétation d'un mythe des punas adjacentes à la vallée du Vilcanota (Pér...
National audienceThis article observes a cultural interaction process by considering the way in whic...
From the Heart of the Andes to the Great Downstream Realm. Mythical space and mortuary space amongst...
Dans cet article sont examinés les traces, invisibles à l\u27archéologue, des rites qui incluent un ...
Five centuries ago, the highest Andean mountains were climbed by Inca priests for the ritual perform...
Tubers and Death: Preliminary Analysis of the Relations Between the Natural and Cultural Order in Mo...