Suriname folk-lore

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n) papa wɩnti

186.

Mi ma-ma na go - ro wen - ti - Mi pa-pa na wa-tra bo - su
Mi da-tio na Pa-pa Ɩ̨ŋ - gi ak-si na A - gi-da (....) Pɛ-man-de
- da Pe-man-de

My mother is an earth winti
My father is a water god¹
I am a Papa Indian,²
Ask Agida pemandɛ.

1 Bosu is probably derived from the Ashanti ‘Obosom’.

2 A spirit resulting from the mating of a mother who had a Papa (snake) spirit, and a father who had an Indian wɩnti.

187.

Mi n'A - la - da u - mą Mi na si - ne - kio Mi n'A - la - da

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u - mą Mi na si - ne - kio Mi n'A - la - da (etc.)

 

(4 times)

I am the woman of Alada
I am a snake - o.