Souls of the Dead

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

• Crocker, J. Christopher (1985). Vital Souls: Bororo Cosmology, Natural Symbolism, and Shamanism. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.