Tag: south america

  • The Selk’nam (V): Gender roles, Kre and Kren

    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.

  • The Selk’nam (IV): Humans and Xo’on

    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…

  • The Selk’nam (III): Temáukel, Čénuke and the Ha’is clan

    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…

  • The Selk’nam (I): Quick historical recap

    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…