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Isu/Maquisapa/Spider Monkey

  • Item identifier: 2018-33.038
  • Date: 28 May 2015
  • Contributors: María Miranda Llergo (consultant); Kelsey Neely (researcher, donor)
  • Language: Yora (mts)
  • Place: Sepahua, Sepahua, Atalaya, Ucayali, Peru
  • Description: One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Miranda Llergo narrates the story of Isu, about a man who thinks tĩkũ birds are spider monkeys. His family eats only the birds, until his brother-in-law comes to visit and teaches him to hunt spider monkeys. At first the man refuses to eat spider monkey because he believes it is a forest spirit that will kill him, but he finally gives it a try and ends up enjoying it greatly. This traditional narrative was volunteered by the speaker and performed extemporaneously.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Collection: Materials of the Yaminawa Language Documentation Project
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: Isu/Maquisapa/Spider Monkey, 2018-33.038, in "Materials of the Yaminawa Language Documentation Project", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/26524.

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