The cowardly man who let his wife be eaten by the tiger
El hombre que por cobarde dejó comer a su mujer por el tigre
Object Details
| Subject Language | Wounmeu |
| Language PID(s) | ailla:119523 |
| Title [Indigenous] | Hʌʌi dʌr harrtarr |
| Language of Indigenous Title | noa |
| Title | The cowardly man who let his wife be eaten by the tiger |
| Language Community | Dösigpien, Colombia |
| Country(ies) | Colombia |
| Place Created | El río Sigrisúa, Departamento de Chocó, Colombia |
| Date Created | 1964-02-20 |
| Description [Indigenous] | Woun hich hʌʌi dʌ̈i dök’ẽu maar majim haajem. Mam nʌmta hedaar k’um pöm sim bëewia hi hʌʌi hëudʌ hauchejim hanʌm. Mag chi hʌʌi k’um dʌ̈i jãau k’ërʌ̈ʌ hawia pödbapamamua k’umauhʌʌi k’öpʌijim haajem, chi jaai dak’ĩir. Mag sim chan bʌ̃ʌrjã chi hemk’ooyau hagʌg hoobajim haajem, jãp’ierr wajaugau. |
| Language of Indigenous Description | noa |
| Description | A man goes upriver with his wife. While there at night, a very large tiger came and dragged the wife out of the house/ The woman fought for a long time until she became tired, and then the tiger ate her in front of the husband. The husband had been unable to defend his wife because of the fear he had towards the tiger. Note: The same story is repeated in resources NOA003R131I001 and NOA003R246I001. Recorded 02/20/--between 1966 & 1964. |
| Genres | Narrative |
| Source Note | T6S1, Cuento 2 |
| References | |
| Contributor(s) Individual / Role | Chamarra, Luis Ángel (Speaker) Kennedy, Elizabeth (Researcher) |
| Contributor(s) Corporate / Role |
Media Files
There are 2 objects in this resource| Object | File Types | Access Level |
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| NOA003R081I001.wav | 4 | |
| NOA003R081I001.mp3 | audio/mp3 | 4 |
