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few years, during which they were raised as members of the tribe. When the time of execution arrived, the child was sent to their maternal uncle or nearest relative. The kid was then executed in the presence of the father, who was killed on the same day. The mother was the first to eat her child's flesh; this was considered a great honor for her.
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The children of prisoners with women from the village where they had been held captive were destined to die according to the same ritual as the warriors who were caught in combat. Although some authors claim the children were executed shortly after birth, most assert the mothers cared for them for a
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of Brazil, to the son or daughter of a prisoner with a woman from the village where he had been held captive. The child was usually killed and subsequently eaten in a
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Indigenous women immersed in the struggles: experiences and female actions in the wars and conflicts in the North of the Portuguese America (1576–1770)
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recorded it. They did not indicate, however, any preference for the sex of the child destined for
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The religion of the Tupinambás and its relations with that of the other Tupi–Guarani tribes
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asserts that girls considered carriers of the same maternal nature had their lives spared.
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A religião dos tupinambás e suas relações com a das demais tribos tupi-guaranis
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The custom associated with cunhambiras has been well-documented. At least
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Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil
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Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil
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Some Tupi women tried to have their children permanently
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Index

Tupi tribes
cannibalistic ritual
Tupi language
composition
kunhã
ambyra
Pero de Magalhães Gândavo
pt
Gabriel Soares de Sousa
Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão
pt
Vicente do Salvador
cannibalism
Alfonse de Saintonge
adopted
Cannibalism in the Americas



Navarro 2013
Navarro 2013
Farias 2014



Métraux 1950
Mulheres indígenas imersas nas lutas: vivências e ações femininas nas guerras e conflitos ao Norte da América Portuguesa (1576-1770)
Archived
Métraux, Alfred
A religião dos tupinambás e suas relações com a das demais tribos tupi-guaranis

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