Chapter 12 (1/2)

Seeing that the stone bear was a little shy, the tallest one of the women said, ”don't make fun of the stupid head. His injury is not so sharp.”

The stone bear knew this woman. The day after he came to gaoshu tribe, he met this woman.

In fact, it's a little inappropriate to describe this woman as a woman, because she is only 20 years old this year. If we put it in the modern age more than 200 years later, she is just an adult.

But here, she is a mother of two.

There is no way. In this era, the life expectancy of North American Indians is not long, so the marriage of North American Indians is relatively early. Generally speaking, it is normal for boys to get married at the age of 14 or 15 and girls at the age of 13 or 14.

This is similar to the situation in the Qin Dynasty and the early Western Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago.

Natural selection, in order to maintain the continuation of the clan, marriage and childbirth ahead of time is inevitable.

This woman's name is unknown to Shi Xiong, but he knows that this woman is the daughter of kabulu, the only shaman priest in gaoshu tribe, and her status is very high in the whole tribe.

You know, among the Indian tribes in North America, the shaman priests are no worse than the leaders of a tribe, and the high priests can even be on an equal footing with the chief.

Of course, the sacrifice of the North American Indian tribes usually has several responsibilities, one of which is the witch doctor.

Silly head's heroic performance in the last battle was recognized by kabulu sacrifice. So the next day, the stone bear was led to the wooden house where kabulu sacrifice lived. In that wooden house, the stone bear saw the legendary Indian sacrifice for the first time.

To be honest, Yang Jing can't tell whether kabulu sacrifice is a man or a woman. He uses the most appropriate word to describe the sacrifice, which is ”androgyny”.

The kabulu priest was dressed in broad linen clothes, which was an important way to distinguish the sacrifice of the Cherokee people from the ordinary people. Kabulu sacrifice is very thin, the second sex characteristics are not obvious. Moreover, there is a ravine on the man's face, and the wrinkles on his face make it difficult for the stone bear to distinguish his true age and gender.

In fact, the concept of gender of the North American Indians came into being after the European conquest of North America. Before that, the Indian tribes did not stipulate how men and women must be ”normal”.

In the original Indian tribe, people with both masculine and feminine temperament would be regarded as gifts given by gods. They were blessed with both men's and women's souls. Indians believe that such people are more spiritual than typical men or women, so they are often chosen as religious leaders, namely shamanists or teachers.

Indians believe that androgynous people can see things from different angles at the same time, so it is a gift from God. For example, in Navajo culture, there are four kinds of gender division for Indians: first, feminine women, who play the role of women in society; Second, masculine men play a male role in society; Thirdly, feminine men play the role of women in society; The fourth is masculine women, playing male roles.