Syr
Chamacoco · mortal · Chamacoco traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Syr is the youth of the origin myth who stands between the Ishir and the primordial spirit-beings. Favoured and protected by the scarlet Ashnuwerta, he is the first among the ancestors to learn the secret of the Anaposo, and through him the knowledge that the spirits could be killed passes to the people, setting in motion the slaying of the spirit-beings and the founding of the ceremony. He is remembered as a hunter and initiate whose transgression and instruction opened the mystery. Accounts vary in the details of his part and even in his name.
Domains
- culture hero
Powers
- learns the secret of the spirit-beings
Relations
- ally: AshnuwertaShe protects and instructs him.Escobar, Ticio. 'The Curse of Nemur.' Pittsburgh, 2007. (secondary)
- enemy: NemurEscobar, Ticio. 'The Curse of Nemur.' Pittsburgh, 2007. (secondary)
- enemy: AnaposoEscobar, Ticio. 'The Curse of Nemur.' Pittsburgh, 2007. (secondary)
Sources
- Syr is the youth of the origin myth, protected by Ashnuwerta, through whom the secret of the spirit-beings passes to the people; accounts vary in the details and in his name.: Escobar, Ticio. 'The Curse of Nemur: In Search of the Art, Myth, and Ritual of the Ishir.' Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007. (secondary)