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Artworks
Joseca Yanomami
The Jaguar Spirit, Ɨrariwë, 2022colored pencil and marker on paper19 3/4 x 25 3/8 in (50 x 64.5 cm)Shamans from other lands send this jaguar to attack as an enemy, arriving stealthily. The jaguar arrives to attack, but it doesn't go alone. It arrives with its sons-in-law, the...Shamans from other lands send this jaguar to attack as an enemy, arriving stealthily. The jaguar arrives to attack, but it doesn't go alone. It arrives with its sons-in-law, the birds Hëɨma onariwë (Cotinga cayana). These birds are actually the sons-in-law of the jaguar spirit Ɨrariwë. Therefore, when another jaguar spirit arrives to attack and sees its other sons-in-law, it calls them back with it and makes them attack. This is the path of the jaguar spirit, Ɨrariwë. However, if it doesn't want to attack, it makes them go back ahead. Where Ɨrariwë knows how to arrive, the bird Piõmari namoriwë (Cyanocorax violaceus) knows how to go, since Ɨrariwë knows how to go to attack
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