Warodi
Xavante · mortal · Xavante traditional religion; continuing · mortal
Warodi was a Xavante elder of Pimentel Barbosa and the central figure of a landmark dream-song performance. In his dream he met the creators, who appeared as jabiru storks and gave him songs carrying the narrative of the making of the world and of the Xavante. Staged over a day of preparation in the village plaza, the performance transforms the singers into the immortal höimana'u'õ, the past merging with the present as the deathless creators live again through the actions of the living. Warodi held that by performing and transmitting these songs the Xavante — and he himself — would attain immortality, standing as a mortal mediator between the living and the always-living.
Domains
- dream prophecy
- mediation with immortals
Powers
- dreams the encounter with the creators
- performs the dream-songs into being
Relations
- companion: Höimana'u'õ
- ally: Romhõsi'wa