Die Übersetzung der Kashinawa-Mythen in Theodor Koch-Grünbergs Indianermärchen aus Südamerika

Abstract In addition to his ethnological and linguistic studies regarding indigenous cultures of the Amazon region the German naturalist Theodor Koch-Grünberg had an interest in indigenous myths and a clear idea of how to document and translate such narratives that are traditionally passed on orally. In this respect the interlinear translation, presented by the Brazilian historian João Capistrano de Abreu, of texts from the Panoan language Cashinahua, still spoken in the Brazilian-Peruvian border region, served him as a model. Capistrano´s text collection Rã-txa hu-ni ku-ĩ was published i...