Maninkari
Asháninka · numen · Asháninka traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The maninkari, literally 'those who are hidden', are the invisible benevolent spirits who animate the world and dwell alongside people, plants, and animals. Ordinarily unseen, they become visible to the sheripiári, the tobacco shaman, and to those who drink the ayahuasca brew (kamárampi), through which the spirits teach, heal, and impart knowledge. They belong with the good powers, allied to the tasorentsi and opposed to the malevolent kamári.
Domains
- shamanism spirits
Powers
- appear to the shaman through tobacco and ayahuasca
Relations
- ally: TasorentsiWeiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary)
- enemy: KamáriWeiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary)
Sources
- The maninkari, 'those who are hidden', are invisible good spirits who can be seen and consulted by ingesting tobacco and ayahuasca.: Narby, Jeremy. 1998. The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. (secondary); Weiss, Gerald. 1975. Campa Cosmology. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 52(5). (primary)