Jivec'la, the Moon
Nivaclé · deity · Nivaclé traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Jivec'la, the Moon, measures the months and is linked in Nivaclé thought to women's menstrual cycles. As across much of the Chaco, the moon is imagined as a male figure of appetite whose markings and phases are explained through narrative, its waxing and waning read as recurrent wounding and recovery.
Domains
- moon
- womens cycles
Powers
- measures the months and wanes and waxes
Sources
- The Moon measures the months and is linked in Nivaclé thought to women's menstrual cycles; as across the Chaco it is imagined as a male figure whose phases are narrated as wounding and recovery.: Seelwische, José, Diccionario Nivaclé-Castellano (1990). (primary); Métraux, Alfred, 'Ethnography of the Chaco,' Handbook of South American Indians, vol. 1 (1946). (secondary)