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South American mythology
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The term "sadashe" refers to masters of animals and prototypes of contemporary animal species in the mythology of the Makiritare people of Venezuela and Brazil. According to Makiritare beliefs, these sadashe taught sacred songs (ademi) to shamans at the beginning of time. These beings were involved in significant events such as cutting down the tree of life, surviving a flood, clearing the first garden, and celebrating the first harvest festival. The Makiritare believe that to maintain their power, these sacred songs must be repeated exactly as the sadashe originally revealed them.1

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  1. Native American religions - Creation myths
  2. Native American religions - Calendrical practices
  3. mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas - South American and Caribbean rural cultures
  4. Native American religions - Forms of religious authority

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