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Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwä
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Filmmaker Name:
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Timothy Asch, Napolean Chagnon
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Film Length:
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22 min
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Film Year:
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1975
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Duration:
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21-45 min
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Decade:
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1970s
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Series:
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Yanomamö series
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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South America
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Subject:
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Storytelling, Myth and Folklore
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This film presents a version of a myth, different from the Myth of Naro as Told by Kaobawa, in narrative detail and also in the individual raconteur's style. The myth concerns the jealousy of Naro the Ugly toward his brother Yanomamo, who is fragrant and beautiful and has two wives. Desiring the women, Naro kills his brother by blowing magical charms, and is eventually killed himself by a third brother and a variety of ancestors. This is the origin of harmful magic.
In telling the myth Dedeheiwä is, as always, a true performer, embellishing his words with gestures and evident delight at the drama and evocativeness of his tale. In another film, Kaobawa, also a village headman, tells the same myth in a gentle, more reflective style.
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Finalist, American Film Festival
Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwä
Script and Narration
Napoleon A. Chagnon
Production Assistance
John Marshall
Jean Carroll
Sue Marshall
David Green
Sound Mix
Chas. Bicking
Cody Co.
Titles
Miret Film Title Service
Optical Effects
Film Opticals
Color
Cine Magnetics
Negative Cutter
Ben Cantesano
Camera: Arri BL Film: ECO 7255
Sound: Nagra III Radio Sync, Stuart Cody
Produced at the Center for Documentary Anthropology with the financial assistance of Documentary Educational Resources, National Science Foundation, Coast Community College, and District Telecommunications.
The collaboration of our colleagues at the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cienti ficas (I.V.I.C.) is greatly appreciated.
©1975 Napoleon A. Chagnon, Timothy Asch and Documentary Educational Resources.
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