Chapter XXVIII: Appendix: VI

NAMES OF DEITIES

Many writers have stated that the Indians of the Upper Amazon forests have no words in their languages to express a Supreme Being. (See, for example, Bates, i. 162; Wallace, p. 354; Nery, p. 273; Orton, p. 316; Bates, ii. 137, 162-3; Markham.) It therefore seemed to me worth while to make the following list of words expressive of some idea of a superior, non-human being, good or bad.

Tribe. | Good Spirit. | Bad Spirit.
Amazon (proper) | | _Curupira_
| | _Diabo do mato_
| | (Spruce, ii. 437)
Atabayoo, Inivida | _Cachimana_ | _Iolokiamo_
(Orinoco tribes) | (Humboldt, ii. 362) | (Humboldt, ii. 362)
Baniwa | _Diotso_ | _Yenauepena_
| | (Koch-Grünberg)
| | _Ienahabapen_
| | (Tavera-Acosta)
Baré | _Diose_ (Sp. _Dios._) | _Iyehe_
| (Koch-Grünberg, | (Koch-Grünberg)
| p. 92) |
| _Oayaba_ |
| (Spix) |
Boro | _Neva_[441] | _Navena_[442]
Bororo | | _Bope_[443]
| | (Cook, p. 55)
Casiquiari | | _Yamadu_
| | (Spruce, ii. 437)
Equatorial Andes | | _Munyia_
| | (Spruce, ii. 437)
Guayana | | _Yawahoo_
| | (Bancroft and
| | Stedman, Spruce,
| | ii. 437)
Hypurina | | _Kamiri_
| | (Steere, p. 379)
Imihita Miranya | _Nawene_ |
| (Koch-Grünberg, |
| Z. 9081) |
Karutana | | _Inei_
| | (Koch-Grünberg,
| | p. 93)
Katapolitani | | _Iyemi_, _Koai_
| | (Koch-Grünberg,
| | p. 93)
Puru | _Ara_, _Carimade_ | _Arabuny_, _Camery_,
| (Clough, p. 117) | _Mendy_
| | (Clough, p. 117)
Quichua | _Apunchi-yaya_[444] |
| (Orton, p. 628) |
Siusi | _Yaperikuli_[445] | _Iyeimi_
| (Koch-Grünberg, | (Koch-Grünberg,
| p. 92) | p. 93)
Tamanac | _Amulivaca_[446] |
| (Humboldt, ii. |
| 473-474). |
Tariana | _Yaperikuli_ | _Iyei_
| (Koch-Grünberg, | (Koch-Grünberg,
| p. 93) | p. 93)
| _Iapiricure_ | _Inhat_
| (Crevaux) | (Crevaux)
Ticuna | _Nanuloa_ | _Locazy_
| (Markham) | (Markham)
Tupi-Guarani | _Tupan_[447] | _Ananga_[448]
| (Nery, p. 281) | (Nery, p. 281)
Uaupes | _Tupanau_ |
| (Wallace, p. 348) |
Uarekena | | _Kue_
| | (Koch-Grünberg,
| | p. 92)
Witoto | _Usiyamoi_,[449] | _Taifeno_, _Taifa_,
| _Husinaimui_ | _Taegfeno_ (spirit),
| (Koch-Grünberg) | _Foremo_ (phantom)
| | (Koch-Grünberg)
_Yagua_ | _Tupana_ |
| (Orton, p. 628) |
Yukuna | | _Hiya_
| | (Koch-Grünberg,
| | p. 93)
Zaparo | _Piatzo_[450] | _Mungia_ (black
| (Orton, p. 628) | spectre)
| | (Orton, p. 170)
| | _Zamaro_
| | (Simson, p. 175)
| | _Samaro_
| | (Simson, p. 263)