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The switch of the thread and the misplacement of the double: dream and wakefulness among the Ye'kwana of the Auaris River

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Author(s):
Majoí Favero Gongora [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Rev. Antropol.; v. 65, n. 3 2022-11-21.
Abstract

ABSTRACT The article deals with reflections of the Ye'kwana (Auaris River) on dream experiences and their effects in wakefulness. The dream is a temporary departure from the double in relation to the person (body), it is an expression of the paths and misplacements of the double in other worlds. The Ye'kwana say that ordinary people do not dream well, because when sleeping their doubles walk through places where the encounter with dangerous beings is common. Unlike the shamans, ordinary people do not control the paths of their doubles during the dream. In addition to bringing up histories wätunnä about the origin of the death, the discontinuity between dream and wakefulness and the sleep, the article analyzes central concepts for the understanding of the ye'kwana personhood - double and thread of the double and addresses the native onirocritic, a speculative reflection and praxis involved with the possible futures prefigured in dreams. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/23866-0 - Invisible Paths - songs, subjects and traditional knowledge among the Yekuana
Grantee:Majoi Favero Gongora
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate