About
This film presents a version of a myth, different from the Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwä, in narrative detail and also in the individual raconteur's style.
The myth concerns the jealousy of Naro the Ugly toward his brother Yanomamo, who is fragrant and beautiful and has two wives. Desiring the women, Naro kills his brother by blowing magical charms, and is eventually killed himself by a third brother and a variety of ancestors. This is the origin of harmful magic.
This film is part of the Yanomamö series, a collaborative project undertaken by filmmaker Timothy Asch and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon between 1968 and 1971 to film the Yanomamö Indians of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil.
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Three Yanomamo Myths Study GuideIndigenous Studies:
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Credits
Script and Narration
Napoleon A. Chagnon
Production Assistance
John Marshall
Jean Carroll
Sue Marshall
David Green
Sound Mix
Chas. Bicking
Cody Co.
Titles: Miret Film Title Service
Optical Effects: Film Opticals
Color: Cine Magnetics
Negative Cutter: Ben Cantesano
Camera: Arri BL Film: ECO 7255
Sound: Nagra III Radio Sync, Stuart Cody
Produced at the Center for Documentary Anthropology with the financial assistance of Documentary Educational Resources, National Science Foundation, Coast Community College, and District Telecommunications.
The collaboration of our colleagues at the Instituto Venezolano de
Investigaciones Cienti ficas (I.V.I.C.) is greatly appreciated.
©1975 Napoleon A. Chagnon, Timothy Asch and Documentary Educational Resources.
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