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One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Bapu ñũshĩwu, a clay …
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Bapu ñũshĩwu, a clay spirit. After a man's mother makes a large number of clay pots, he implores the most beautiful one to transform herself into a human and become his wife. They live together happily despite the fact th…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Wuipapi, who is a little…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Wuipapi, who is a little man-like forest being. A group of ancestors are walking through the forest when they find him. Everyone treats him with respect, except the last man in the group, who insults Wuipapi. Wuipapi hops on…
PhD candidate: Neely; PhD dissertation committee: Michael (chair), Sweetser, Davidson (external member). Other individua…
PhD candidate: Neely; PhD dissertation committee: Michael (chair), Sweetser, Davidson (external member). Other individuals labeled as participants asked questions. There are audio and video files for each of four segments of the defense. (Some pairs of those files are not exactly equivalent, since the audio and video r…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Xũnũwã ñũshĩwu, th…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Xũnũwã ñũshĩwu, the spirit(s) of the giant kapok (Ceiba pentandra) tree. In this story, a couple moves into an abandoned house occupied by spirits that constantly steal their food. The couple finally gets revenge, kill…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Ĩnãwã Xadu, Grand…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Ĩnãwã Xadu, Grandmother Jaguar. The story begins with a woman who is married to a giant earthworm. Her mother comes to visit and kills the worm while she is cleaning. The woman becomes distressed over the death of her…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Pascual Gómez Flores narrates the story Rũpũtũ, about the orig…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Pascual Gómez Flores narrates the story Rũpũtũ, about the origin of flies and biting insects. A group of ancestors are walking in the forest when they pass a huge paper nest, vibrating with insects inside. They are all very careful to pass it without disturbing …
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Bawis ñũshĩwu, th…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Bawis ñũshĩwu, the sitaraco ant (Eciton spp.) spirit. In this story, two ant men fight over an ant woman. When one of the ant men beats the ant woman, all of the other ant women come to defend her. Ultimately one of t…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Ñũshĩ Xerewu, lon…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. Teresa Ramírez Saldaña narrates the story of Ñũshĩ Xerewu, long-armed, long-legged forest demons. A husband and wife are in the forest gathering when the demons attack. They run away, and when the woman gets tired and begins to slow down, her husband keeps runni…
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Xukuxukuika ñũshĩwu, …
One .wav file, with accompanying .eaf annotation file. María Ramírez Ríos narrates the story of Xukuxukuika ñũshĩwu, the Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) spirit, who teaches a man to hunt tapir. The man previously erroneously believed tapir to be human, but the Boat-billed Heron spirit corrects him and te…