How anacondas attract their prey
Cómo los anacondas atraen sus presas
Object Details
| Subject Language | Quechua, Pastaza |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119502 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | How anacondas attract their prey |
| Language Community | |
| Country(ies) | Ecuador |
| Place Created | Puka yaku, Bobnazu River, Pastaza Province |
| Date Created | 1988-05 |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | The speaker describes the way rats rustling in the thatch of her house’s roof were attracted to an anaconda that had found its way there. The rats’ rustling is described with repetitions of the ideophone tsik . The speaker states that anacondas possess a mysterious power, comparable to a love charm, which allows them to effortlessly attract prey to themselves. |
| Genres | Interview Description Conversation |
| Source Note | |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Anachu Cadena, Eloise (Speaker) Nuckolls, Janis B. (Researcher) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
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| QVZ005R006I001.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 1 |
| QVZ005R006I001.wav | 1 |
