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#2600: on Lasiren : Smith adds
From: Jennie Smith <jsmith@odin.berry.edu>
Lois E Wilcken wrote:
> Many say that the Haitian Siren is European, citing her name and her
> physical form as evidence. A Haitian ougan told me she is Greek. But
> Maya Deren points to a source (The Mythology of All Races, Hartley Burr
> Alexander, 1920) on the South American Orehu, a water spirit who abducted
> Arawaks, kept them anba dlo for a certain period of time, then sent them
> back to land with the sacred rattle of the priesthood. This is
> remarkably like the behavior of Lasirenn.
I was told by a number of people in the Grandans that Lasiren is a
beutiful "fanm endyen," with long, flowing hair.
Jennie Smith
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Berry College
495010 Mt. Berry Station
Mt. Berry, GA 30149-5010
tel: 706-802-6730
jsmith@berry.edu