Friday, March 5, 2021

Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Henupoto Wara: Supernatural Anti-Hero of the Mythical Past"

 

"Henupoto Wara: Supernatural Anti-Hero of the Mythical Past"

Saturday March 6

10 AM to 11 AM SL time

The Emberá, a tropical lowland tribe of the Darién rain forest of Eastern Panama and the Pacific coastal lowlands of Colombia, have a strong tradition of telling detailed stories about animals, spirits, and demons and of adventures in the mythical past.  Henupoto Wara, or Leg-Born Child, is one of the most famous stories and chronicles the adventures of this cultural anti-hero as he engages the many supernatural ecologies and denizens of Emberá cosmology.  This discussion presents the story and discusses an interpretation of some of the ecological images, assumed knowledge and cosmological implications embedded is this oft-told narrative.

Presentation by William Harp

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