Tag: indigenous
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The Selk’nam (V): Gender roles, Kre and Kren
A new article from Crodur regarding the Selk’nam culture. This time we discuss the way their society organized, their gender roles, and the explanations they gave to their state of affairs.
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The Selk’nam (IV): Humans and Xo’on
Note for subscribers.: Finally, a new entry regarding the Selk’nam! To those of you subscribed to our website, you may have received a message showing this article, as if already published. That seemed to be an error; an incomplete version that was sadly uploaded by accident before ending up complete. Apologies for that blunder! This…
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Hells and Heavens I: Qudlivun and Adlivun
A new series I decided to start while I gather content for the other ones, focused entirely in afterlives, hells, heavens and other planes of existence for the death that cultures from all the world ideated through the ages. In every part of this section, we will cover an specific civilization’s Underworld(s), what they consisted…
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Civilizations that counted up to a million
A month ago or so, I read a post asking an interesting question: when has been the first time a civilization managed to count up to a million? Even though the answer was already typed, it got me wondering… how many cultures and peoples reached such a high number in their numerical script, apart of…
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The Selk’nam (III): Temáukel, Čénuke and the Ha’is clan
In the previous articles regarding Selk’nam peoples, we explored a -somewhat rushed- summary of their past and major contacts with the world, and then the basics of their mythology, and we even dropped the name of their most important god, Temáukel, along with the mythical ancestors or Howenh. Let’s talk about them with a little…
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Easter Island (I): A culture behind the ruin
The Easter Island -aka Rapa Nui, as it’s homonymous natives call it- is famous for it’s colossal Moai Heads, of immense caliber, weight, and craftsmanship. That’s, however, only one of the many wonders these people produced. The Rapa Nui culture of (relatively) recent settlement, most experts agreeing their arrival must have happened around 900 CE.…
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Vampires of the world (II)
A follow-up of the previous vampire article, right in the middle of the month of terror! As we noticed before, a number of cultures have their own archetypes of ”vampire” or ”vampiric-like creature”, most of which created their own without knowing of the others. Is there a common, human fear of blood-sucking monsters that compels…
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Age of metals
Following up with the post I made about mayas, metallurgy as a way to gauge civilization advancement becomes even more ridiculous the longer you stray away from the typical regions (again, Europe and occasionally part of Asia). We got the example of the North Sentinel people! For anyone who doesn’t know about them, the Sentinelese…
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The Selk’nam (II): Mythology overview
So, in my last post we quickly saw the story of the Selk’nam or Ona people, their (speculated) origins, interaction with the outside world, the genocide perpetrated against them and, in a more positive note, how they’re currently fighting to reclaim a spot in history for their culture. But, what did they actually believe in?…
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Vampires of the world (I)
The month of terror arrives once more, and with it, the foul monster, aristocrat yet savage, opulent yet secretive: Vampire! Everyone has heard about them. Bloodsucking, unusually sharp fangs, affinity to the night, bat shapeshifting abilities… the vampires are as iconic as they come. Way before Nosferatu brought them to the movie theaters in 1922…
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Maya civilization!
Lately I’ve been obsessed with the Maya culture, so I may write a lot about them. Most of their existence they had what we would call stone age tools, obsidian here and there, and metals only started being a thing after they were at their peak (widespread uttensils only after X century in most areas).…
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The wounded lioness
Something we take for granted (a lot) is that most anatomical and medical knowledge has been known for relatively little time, but here and there we get small clues proving that wasn’t exactly what happened. Yes, there was rampant misinformation and poor understanding of the human body processes. Stuff like the four humors, for example,…
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The Selk’nam (I): Quick historical recap
One of who knows many articles I’ll write about the Selk’nam (AKA Ona) culture. In this post I will mostly talk about historical context. So whenever I get into mythology, religion, folklore, etc, you can come back here and read this if you want to know the specifics. Located in the south of Chile and…
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