Xapiri

The xapiri (or hekura): the luminous ancestral image-spirits, created by Omama, who descend to the shaman drinking yãkoana. They heal, defend the people, and work to keep the sky from falling. A living shamanic tradition.

Domains

• shaman auxiliary spirits
• forest image beings

Powers

• Aid shamans to heal and hold up the sky

Sources

• Kopenawa & Albert, The Falling Sky (2013)
• Lizot, Yanomami ethnography