. Bulletin. Ethnology. 736 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. Bull. 143 as the respective words may embody are not clearly deducible from vo- cabulary definitions, explanations, or contexts. The last four appear to denote the soul or spirit of the deceased. In Febr6s (1882) and Havestadt (1883, 1:458), am also connotes a ghostly specter or appa- rition, for which, according to Latcham (1922 b, p. 581) pallii is never used; nor is alwe ever used for the soul of a living human being. The primary literal meaning of aiwin is "shadow cast by an ; The soul separated from the body was
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 736 SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS [B. A. E. Bull. 143 as the respective words may embody are not clearly deducible from vo- cabulary definitions, explanations, or contexts. The last four appear to denote the soul or spirit of the deceased. In Febr6s (1882) and Havestadt (1883, 1:458), am also connotes a ghostly specter or appa- rition, for which, according to Latcham (1922 b, p. 581) pallii is never used; nor is alwe ever used for the soul of a living human being. The primary literal meaning of aiwin is "shadow cast by an ; The soul separated from the body was also called sometimes pillan. There is no clear evidence in our original sources that the Mapuche-Huilliche believed men to have two or more ";. Figure 79.—Mapuche grave, with horse skin and mast. p. 172.) (After Smith, 1855, In one version of future-life concepts, the departed spirits were transported to the abode of the dead by an old woman in the shape of a whale. Divergent beliefs localized the abode of the mass of dead in the Andean Cordillera, or to the west, or to the other side of the sea or ocean, or, more specifically, in the Island of Mocha. Their lot, accord- ing to one conception, was a contented one, according to another, not so good, insofar as their food was black potatoes. Our sources, both early and more recent, pretty consistently report that happiness or the reverse in the future life was not dependent upon moral behavior in this life, although, according to Molina (1901, p. 172), some natives. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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