Guarani search for the Land Without Evil

In 1914 the ethnographer Curt Nimuendajú published his study of the Apapocúva Guarani, describing their migrations east toward the Atlantic coast in search of the 'Land Without Evil' (yvy marã e'ỹ).

1914 CE · -24.18, -46.79 · status: account

The account

Groups led by shamans walked to the coast in the 19th and early 20th centuries, dancing to make their bodies light enough to cross the sea. Later anthropologists, such as Hélène Clastres, debated how far the idea predates contact. The point marks the São Paulo coast where groups arrived.

Connections in the atlas

• The Peabiru trail
• The Santidade of Jaguaripe

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Curt Nimuendajú
2. Wikipedia (Portuguese): Terra sem Males