Everything about Pemon totally explained
» "Pemon" redirects here. For the wasp genus, see Pemon (wasp)
Pemon (in
Spanish: Pemón) is a
Cariban language spoken mainly in
Venezuela, specifically in the
Gran Sabana region of
Bolivar State.
According to the 2001 census there 15,094 Pemon speakers in
Venezuela.
Other names used in the literature to describe Pemon speakers are: Pemong, Arecuna, Aricuna, Jaricuna, Kamarakoto, Camaracoto, Taurepan, Taulipang, Makuxi, Macuxi, Macushi.
The
Makuxi, who are also Pemon speakers, are found in
Brazil and
Guyana in areas close to the Venezuelan border.
Myths
The Pemon have a very rich mythic tradition which continues to this day, despite the conversion of many Pemon to Catholicism or Protestant religions spread by missionaries.
The first person to seriously study Pemon myths and language was the German ethnologist
Theodor Koch-Grunberg, who visited
Roraima in 1912.
Important myths describe the origins of the Sun and Moon, the creation of the
tepui mountains, which dramatically rise from the savannahs of the
Gran Sabana and the activities of the creator hero Makunaima and his brothers.
Further Information
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