by author (p. viii)

other

phonetics

‘

>

glottalized vowels

c

k

ch

c^

sh

s^

b:

b~

bi (palatal)

c:

k~

ki (palatal)

m:

m~

mi (palatal)

p:

p~

pi (palatal)

t:

t~

c^i (palatal)

c:h

c^.

c^r (retroflex)

rr

s.

s^r (retroflex)

ts

alveolar affricate

n:

n

velar continuant

p.

age

events

85

1^st

"None of these early inhabitants of the earth – human, plant, or animal – suffered death".

86

end of 1^st, start of 2^nd

The Yato Kamuek-enets "retired downriver to his temple inside a large mountain west of the lower Pachitea river" {cf. [Daoist] divine heavens within earthly mountains}, and was succeeded (in rulership over the sky) by his son Yompor S.et~, who became the sun in order "to give heat and light to the earth."

2^nd

When YOMPOR RRET: turned off his light, plunging the world into darkness, the inhabitants were instructed to sing their songs ... to dispel the darkness once again."

87

end of 2^nd, start of 3^rd

"YOMPOR RRET: sent ... the flood." "a priest ... constructed a large balsa raft, securing it to the earth with a long vegetable fiber rope. The raft was covered with dirt which enabled them to plant food craps on it." {cf. [Nahuatl, in Anahuac] c^inampa ‘floating garden’}

3^rd

"the priest ... ordered a virgin brother and sister to live alone ["on top of a certain mountain in the Oxapampa valley" : this mountain is Kes^pepen ‘savior mountain’ (p. 111)] ... Eventually the woman, without having had sexual contact with her brother, became pregnant with twins. {cf. the similar Philippine myth} Before she could give birth, she was devoured by the Mother of the jaguars. However, the twin children managed to escape and ...

end of 2^nd, start of 3^rd

they became the sun, YOMPOR ROR (male), and the moon, YACHOR ARRORR (female), which shine today." ["Before going to heaven, YOMPOR ROR traveled throughout the ... world, reordering the original creation, transforming countless demons into rocks, cliffs, river pools, and other natural features, and transforming the non-human inhabitants – the plants, animals, insects, etc – into the form they take today." (pp. 87-88) {cf. [Oregon Territory] myths of traveling god who "transformed the world" (SSS)}]

88

"

"While in Metraro, YOMPOR ROR received word that his brother, YOMPOR YOMPERE>, was waiting impatiently for him in Oxapampa. ... On arriving in Oxapampa, he fought with his brother, and then changed him (YOMPOR YOMPERE>), his wife (YACHOR MAMAS), and their children to stone, ordering him to stay on this earth and hold it together as long as ROR continued to shine." {cf. the transformation, by Perseus, into stone of Atlas (GM 73.i)}

89

"

"Toward the end of the party YOMPOR ROR went to the top of a mountain where a rope was lowered to him from heaven. He grasped it and was pulled to heaven. {cf. [Bodish] legends of "the luminous rope by which the dead king ascended to heaven" (HT, p. 224)} Meanwhile, many of the powerful divinities at the party rose to heaven while dancing ... to become the stars of today’s heaven.

3^rd

The third epoch begins at this point when YOMPOR ROR and YACHOR ARRORR take over the heavens from YOMPOR RRET:, whom

90

When YOMPOR ROR left the earth it became "dead earth" (RROMAPATSRO) since all those left behind began to suffer death. The lesser divinities left behind by YOMPOR ROR hid from the sight of the mortals, disappearing into their homes inside mountains and rivers, where they continue to live today. The human forms of the plants and animals disappeared ..." ["they left behind their cushma or outward appearance which serve ... today as useful items." (p. 108)]

end of 3^rd, start of 4^th

"The Amuesha ... anticipate the return of YOMPOR ROR to the earth {cf. [the Hawai>ian] anticipation of the return of Lono}, and with his return, a new epoch in which all the inhabitants of this earth will return to their former state of immortality."

111

"

Kamuek-enets "will come first, emerging from his mountain to walk around his creation, causing severe earthquakes. {cf. the earthquakes caused by the promenade of Vamana} He will then call YOMPOR ROR and all the divinities in heaven to come back to earth."

112

"

"When it has burned completely, he [Yompor Ror] will cause the earth to flip over {or rather, could he not simply flip over the already-burnt 4^th world?} so that the burned surface is down and the underside will be on top. On this surface, he will create a new world, sanctifying it and immortalizing all of its inhabitants The MELLAPO begins then.

107

4^th

["During the past MELLAPO, everything on this earth had a human form (PACHEN:AR). Animals, birds, insects, plants, pots, cooking vessels, water, etc. were all people (ACHEN:) ... They all had songs which they performed in front of everyone." (p. 108)]

112

"

"everything which exists on this earth will return to its human form ... only OSHE>T:, a thorny vine

113

The MELLAN:oT:eN:, the lesser divinities living on this earth, will emerge from their hiding places to become visible once more to the Amuesha."

p.

male

female

96

Yato (‘grandfather’) deities

[none] {primaeval divine procreation from a single male ancestor-deity who had no spouse is also S^into dogma (ShFJ)}

97

Yompor (‘father’) deities

Yac^or (‘mother’) deities (wives & sistren of the Yompor)

95

Yemona>s^en (‘brother’) deities

Yo>c^~ (‘sister’) deities

class of deity

ord. #

name

Yato

1

KAMueK-enets (= [Kec^ua] Pac^a-KAMaK – p. 96, fn. 6) = [Hispanicized as] Yato Yos (Dios)

2

Yemats (‘tobacco’)

3+

[others]

Yompor

1

Ror {cf. RORaima}

2

Pueponc^.o {cf. PUElC^e, Arg.}

3

S.et~

4

Kamant~er

5

Yompere>

6

Et~etar

7

War {cf. WARi, Peru`}

8

Onkoy [drum-dancing Pleiades – p. 89]

9

A>pener [chain-dance galaxy – p. 89]

10+

[others]

Yac^or

1

As.os.

2

Mamas {cf. MoMoStenango, Wat.}

3

Kok

4+

[others]

Yemona>s^en

1

C^.op [‘maize – p. 100]

2

Yes.

3

M~or^

4

On

5

Ac^alom [under waterfall – p. 100]

6

[Womenkes^a> ‘tornado’ -- p. 100]

7+

[others]

Yo>c^~

1

R^arets [‘manioc’ – p. 100]

2

C^oc^ [‘beans’ – p. 100]

3

Wapnor [‘rain’ – p. 100]

4

Ayonapnor [‘rainbow’ – p. 100]

5

Mompelan [in mountain-lake – p. 100]

6

Petsopnor [‘honey’ – p. 100]

7+

[others]

world

Yompor sun-god

nature

5^th

S.et

abode of souls of murder- & of warfare-victims ["these souls eventually turn into the "fathers" of all the carrion eating birds which inhabit the ... world." (p. 93)]

4^th

[Kamant~er – p. 97]

"burned-over clearing" {Yompor War’s En~enas valley was burned (p. 88), as was Yompor Et~etar’s Huancabamba valley (p. 89)} ["There is no nighttime nor rain in this world." (p. 93)]

3^rd

Pueponc^.o

"the most sacred part of the universe" (p. 91) inhabited by immortals [Melanoten – p. 100]

2^nd

Ror [‘flower’ – p. 98, fn. 7]

"dead earth" (p. 91) inhabited by mortals

1^st

["Sparrow woman, a sister of YOMPOR ROR" (p. 91)]

["lower world" traversed (and lit up, as in the Kemetian scheme?) by Yompor Ror during the time which is night in the world above – p. 91]

jaguar

straight-billed hummingbird

ocelot

eagle

f[r]og

masupial [opossum]

p.

term

101

kornes^a> ‘priest’

pueyoc^res^a> ‘followers’

103

c^oyes^e>mats ‘soul of the dead; shadow’

104

e>monetenets ‘to bewitch’

105

t~oretenets ‘ritual formula’

pokamken ‘human spirit’

p.

practitioner

function

103

amaneset ‘witch’

(whose "helper" is the curved-bill hummingbird – pp. 103-104)

104

pa>ler ‘shaman’

("invoking the spirit of tobacco" – p. 106)

106

diviner

receiving advice from coca leaves

106-7

apartan ‘herbalist’

p.

communication

110

"YOMPOR ROR himself and other divinities of his category have periodically revealed themselves to a particular Amuesha in visions and dreams as a means to renew the sacred word or to leave a CoSHAMN:ATS song".

"Some of the envoys have offered salvation to the Amuesha, promising to carry them off to heaven". {cf. Philippine belief in the coming of flying saucers to carry off the people to heaven}

111

The "special envoys from heaven" are called a>kes^p~atan : "He’s the one who will save the people when the world comes to an end in violent disaster."