The Worldviews of the Amerindians of Cairi and of Medieval Europe

by John Stollmeyer

Warao Cosmology, Mythic Eco

In my researches I have come across some interesting correspondences relating to Trinidad and its perceived importance to different peoples.

In the Karinya language the word Arima means, “place of beginnings.”
The name for Naparima Hill comes from Nabarima, which means, “Father of the waves” to the Warao who inhabit the Orinoco Delta. It is the abode of the spirit of Haburi, their ancestral hero, the original canoe and paddle maker. Perceived as a petrified tree, it holds up the northern limit of their universe.
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