Yové
Marubo · numen · Marubo traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The yové are the great class of immortal spirits at the heart of Marubo cosmology: human in appearance, sumptuously adorned, powerful, healthy and deathless, they inhabit the celestial abodes and lead a full social life beyond the reach of decay. Benevolent toward the living, they are the kin, teachers and allies of the shaman, descending into his body during spirit-chants to lend their voices and their words to the work of curing. They are counterposed at every point to the yochĩ, the malignant doubles that lack adornment and society. To become a powerful healer is to be reckoned a yové vaké, a child of the spirits.
Domains
- spirit world
- healing
Powers
- descends into and speaks through the shaman
- possesses deathless, ever-healthy bodies
Relations
- enemy: YochĩThe benevolent yové stand opposed to the harmful yochĩ.Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). Povos Indígenas no Brasil: Marubo — Cosmologia. https://pib.socioambiental.org. (secondary)
- companion: OniCesarino, P. de N. 2011. Oniska: poética do xamanismo na Amazônia. São Paulo: Perspectiva. (secondary)
- companion: RomeCesarino, P. de N. 2011. Oniska: poética do xamanismo na Amazônia. São Paulo: Perspectiva. (secondary)
Sources
- The yové are the immortal, benevolent, human-shaped spirits who live in adornment and abundance and act as the shaman's kin and healing allies.: Cesarino, P. de N. 2011. Oniska: poética do xamanismo na Amazônia. São Paulo: Perspectiva. (secondary); Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). Povos Indígenas no Brasil: Marubo — Cosmologia. https://pib.socioambiental.org. (secondary)
- The yové are summoned in curing and spirit chants (iniki) sung by the romeya.: Montagner Melatti, D. 1985. O mundo dos espíritos: estudo etnográfico dos ritos de cura marubo. Tese de doutorado, Universidade de Brasília. (secondary)