¿La visita a la casa de los tigres?: La contextualización en narrativas sobre experiencias extraordinarias
Revista Colombiana de Antropología June 13, 2013 DOI: 10.22380/2539472x75 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Siona Indians, specifically a young shamanic apprentice and his master-shaman |
| Citations | 8 |
| Key points | Argues that among the Siona Indians, shamanic flights and encounters in the invisible world are recreated through oral narrative performance. The analysis of a narrative about a visit to the house of the jaguars identifies contextualization strategies that create experience, transmit shamanic knowledge, and reflect on changes in perspective and shamanic power. |
Abstract
Among the Siona indians, shamanic flights and encounters in the invisible world are recreated through oral performance. With the objective of exploring the relation between narrative performance, the creation of extraordinary experience and shamanic perspective, the article analyzes a narrative that tells of the visit to the house of the jaguars by a young apprentice and his master-shaman. This trip to the hidden side doesn’t occur during the ritual and under the influence of yajé, but in the following morning, when the novice is returning to his home. The analysis points out at the strategies of contextualization in narrative performance that work to create experience, transmit shamanic knowledge and reflect upon change of perspective and shamanic power. https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472X75