Souls of the Dead
Bororo · deity · timeless · Recorded classification
Bororo (Mato Grosso). English 'Souls of the Dead' leads; Bororo aroe (also glossed as the eternal forms/'totemic' essences). A spirit-class rendered as a deity-class per the schema. Sex 'none' (collective). Counterpart to the bope; the two are the master opposition of Bororo cosmology.
Domains
- the dead
- eternal forms
Powers
- embody the enduring forms of beings
Sources
- The aroe are the Bororo souls of the dead and the eternal/ideal forms of beings; benevolent, dwelling underground and in rivers, mediated by the aroe etawara shaman, and opposed to the bope (transformation/decay).: Crocker, J. Christopher (1985). Vital Souls: Bororo Cosmology, Natural Symbolism, and Shamanism. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. (secondary)