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Reflections on the Snake Messenger

Reflections on the Snake Messenger. Perspectivism in Siberut , Mentawai Islands, Western Indonesia. The Sakaliou Clan. Patrilineal and patrilocal Egalitarian Exchange based on reciprocity: Generalized Balanced Negative Spirits are included. From Spirits to Humans.

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Reflections on the Snake Messenger

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  1. Reflections on the Snake Messenger Perspectivism in Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Western Indonesia

  2. The Sakaliou Clan • Patrilineal and patrilocal • Egalitarian • Exchange based on reciprocity: • Generalized • Balanced • Negative • Spirits are included

  3. From Spirits to Humans • The snake as exception • More often: • Butterflies and insects • Birds and bird calls • Many other events • Happenings, not objects • Messages are general and usually ambiguous

  4. From Humans to Spirits • Chicken entrails • Pig hearts • Plants (gaud) • Shamans • Taboos • Specific and unambiguous • Possibly ambiguous to spirits

  5. Chicken Entrails

  6. Pig Hearts

  7. Plants (Gaud)

  8. Shamans

  9. Taboos

  10. Divination or Gift Exchange? • The myth of Maligai • The myth of the left ear • Lia • Back to the snake

  11. Sakaliou and Southeast Asia

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