Andean peoples bound humans, animals, land, and earth in a sacred web of reciprocity

Evidence

This Andean tale gathers together the deep ethic that has run through all four Indigenous American weeks and indeed through much of this whole curriculum: that the human being, the faithful animals (the llama), the sacred living land (the mountains, the Apus), and Mother Earth (Pachamama) are all bound together in a sacred web of mutual respect and RECIPROCITY (ayni) — a web that must be honored, through respect, offering, kindness, and the maintenance of balance, to keep all of life flourishing. — , A Year of World Stories, 10887

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the Quechua terms ayni (reciprocity), Apus (sacred mountains), and Pachamama (Mother Earth) as a coherent kinship ethic.
• XREF: Connects to the Lakota mitakuye oyasin, Haudenosaunee gratitude ethic, and Kogi care for the living earth already encountered in the same curriculum. — connects to: The Andean principle ayni requires balanced reciprocal giving to earth and community — , A Year of World Stories, 10687; Andean ethics require reciprocal exchange with the earth as a living mother — , A Year of World Stories, 10689; Sharing mate from a single gourd remains a living social ritual across South America — , A Year of World Stories, 10856 (+6 more)

Related

• Andean ethics require reciprocal exchange with the earth as a living mother (similarity 0.87)
• The Andean principle ayni requires balanced reciprocal giving to earth and community (similarity 0.86)
• Dene land relations frame reciprocal obligations between humans and nonhumans. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Human culture originates in the socially mediated relation between man and nature #corroborates (0.60)
• African thought defines the human person as a relation to others, world, and God. #expands (0.55)
• Different cultures use religious objects to connect with the divine #corroborates (0.50) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1028
• A people’s creation material reveals what it holds most sacred #exemplifies (0.45) — , A Year of World Stories, 15319