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  CONTEMPORARY 
  QUECHUA 
  — 
  MISHKIN 
  465 
  

  

  strike 
  the 
  spot 
  with 
  his 
  lightning, 
  and 
  carry 
  off 
  the 
  duendes 
  to 
  Aus- 
  

   angate 
  to 
  be 
  his 
  servants. 
  

  

  The 
  souls 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  are 
  consistently 
  good 
  spirits. 
  In 
  Kauri 
  the- 
  

   ory, 
  man 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  parts: 
  the 
  charan 
  cuerpo 
  (wet 
  body), 
  

   the 
  flesh; 
  the 
  soul 
  (alma), 
  which 
  resides 
  in 
  the 
  skull; 
  and 
  the 
  spirit 
  

   (animo), 
  which 
  goes 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  heaven 
  after 
  the 
  man 
  has 
  died. 
  The 
  

   spirit 
  returns 
  to 
  earth 
  only 
  one 
  day 
  each 
  year, 
  on 
  All 
  Souls' 
  Day 
  

   (November 
  2) 
  , 
  and 
  occasionally 
  offerings 
  to 
  the 
  dead 
  are 
  made 
  on 
  this 
  

   day. 
  The 
  soul 
  is 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  guardian 
  spirit 
  giving 
  protection 
  to 
  men 
  

   and 
  their 
  works. 
  It 
  safeguards 
  a 
  man 
  while 
  he 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  journey, 
  it 
  

   defends 
  him 
  against 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  malevolent 
  spirits, 
  and 
  assures 
  him 
  

   of 
  good 
  harvests. 
  Many 
  people 
  keep 
  skulls 
  in 
  their 
  houses, 
  not 
  nec- 
  

   essarily 
  the 
  skull 
  of 
  a 
  relative, 
  obtained 
  in 
  an 
  old 
  cemetery 
  a 
  short 
  

   distance 
  from 
  the 
  village. 
  At 
  night 
  the 
  souls 
  residing 
  in 
  the 
  skulls 
  

   grow 
  very 
  active, 
  carry 
  on 
  conversations 
  among 
  themselves 
  or 
  with 
  

   the 
  souls 
  of 
  the 
  living, 
  arrange 
  fiestas 
  for 
  themselves, 
  and 
  dance. 
  A 
  

   man's 
  soul 
  may 
  wander 
  about 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  while 
  he 
  is 
  alive. 
  If 
  one 
  

   awakens 
  with 
  a 
  heavy 
  head, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  sign 
  that 
  the 
  soul 
  has 
  been 
  on 
  a 
  

   journey 
  and 
  has 
  grown 
  weary. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  souls 
  of 
  the 
  living 
  

   may 
  be 
  captured 
  by 
  the 
  spirits 
  in 
  the 
  earth, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  body 
  with- 
  

   out 
  its 
  soul 
  will 
  pine 
  away 
  and 
  die. 
  

  

  These 
  spirits 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  constitute 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  Kauri's 
  su- 
  

   pernatural 
  world. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  souls 
  of 
  the 
  wicked 
  people 
  who 
  lived 
  

   on 
  earth 
  before 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  Sun. 
  The 
  majority 
  of 
  them 
  at 
  that 
  

   prehistoric 
  time 
  made 
  war 
  on 
  Inti 
  Huayna 
  Capac, 
  and 
  were 
  burned 
  to 
  

   death. 
  A 
  few, 
  those 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  war, 
  were 
  trans- 
  

   formed 
  into 
  the 
  underground 
  spirits 
  and 
  cause 
  socca, 
  tiera, 
  and 
  other 
  

   diseases 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  earth. 
  They 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  counted 
  among 
  the 
  

   place 
  spirits. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  cult 
  established 
  around 
  the 
  souls 
  of 
  the 
  

   dead. 
  In 
  Junin, 
  Puno, 
  and 
  Piura 
  offerings 
  are 
  made 
  at 
  tombs 
  and 
  

   there 
  are 
  dances 
  at 
  burials. 
  (See 
  Castro 
  Pozo, 
  1924, 
  pp. 
  158-159 
  ff.) 
  

   In 
  Kauri, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  cult 
  of 
  huacas 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  but 
  the 
  custom 
  

   exists 
  of 
  rendering 
  homage 
  to 
  the 
  dead 
  at 
  graves 
  along 
  the 
  road. 
  

   The 
  ancient 
  graves 
  in 
  the 
  region, 
  called 
  tombs 
  of 
  the 
  gentiles, 
  are 
  

   feared 
  but 
  no 
  offerings 
  are 
  made 
  at 
  them. 
  

  

  Public 
  ceremonies: 
  Fiestas. 
  — 
  The 
  fiestas 
  are 
  conceived 
  by 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  primarily 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  religious 
  offices 
  associated 
  with 
  them 
  

   (pi. 
  99) 
  . 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  offices 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Fiesta 
  of 
  Corpus 
  Chris- 
  

   ti, 
  7 
  which 
  is 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  the 
  Fiestas 
  celebrated 
  in 
  

   Kauri, 
  and 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (1) 
  Fundadora. 
  — 
  The 
  office 
  is 
  held 
  by 
  children. 
  One 
  week 
  before 
  Corpus, 
  a 
  

   boy 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  priest 
  visits 
  all 
  the 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  community 
  bearing 
  effigies 
  

   of 
  the 
  saints. 
  This 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  public 
  reminder 
  of 
  the 
  coming 
  holiday. 
  The 
  

  

  7 
  Corpus 
  Christi, 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  movable 
  holidays, 
  falls 
  in 
  May 
  or 
  June. 
  

  

  