For example: we also learned that clans among the Tikuna/Magüta are divided among those with feathers and those without (traditionally, if you were in a clan with feathers, you could only marry someone from a clan without, and vice versa--this is not so much the case nowadays).
I hope Le Guin knew this.
So Káurë New Day's name has all this extra resonance now--and I got to hear some of their namesake birds!
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I hope Le Guin knew this.
So Káurë New Day's name has all this extra resonance now--and I got to hear some of their namesake birds!
That's wonderful!