Duku kä misi

Duku kä misi (literally, "pristine layer") is the topmost and oldest of four layers in the Ya̧nomamö cosmos. Everything in the cosmos originated in the duku kä misi,^[1] but it subsequently fell down into lower layers and duku kä misi has since been abandoned.^[2] The Ya̧nomamö compare it to an "old woman" and give it the characteristics of an "abandoned garden". In Ya̧nomamö culture gardens share with post-menopausal women lack of fertility.^[3] Of the four layers, it is the least referred to in Ya̧nomamö culture.^[4]

Notes

1. ^ Wilson et al., "Native Americans". Archived 2009-10-31.
2. ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, pp. 100–1.
3. ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, p. 71.
4. ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, p. 100.

References

• Chagnon, Napoleon A. (1997), Ya̧nomamö, Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology, series eds. George & Louis Spindler (5th ed.), Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, ISBN 0-15-505327-2 
• Wilson, David J.; Salomon, Frank; Kicza, John E. (2007), "Native Americans of Middle and South America", Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia, Encarta, archived from the original on 2009-10-31, http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1257007701458191, retrieved 2008-03-02 

External links

• Chagnon, Napoleon A., Yanomamö: The Last Days of Eden (excerpts)