a forty year old widow. In three days he left her, saying that she wanted to kill him by having to much sex. Most men in San Blas believe that wives want them to be dead, moreover, they believe that all wives are having affairs with other men and that they can not be trusted. Of course, there are cases of adultery, but not as many as the folklore implies. Women dominate in the domestic domain, performing all of the domestic tasks, whereas men dominate in the public domain. Most of their time men spend with their friends and drinking in bars, when women spend their time mainly at home. The Mass and Rosary, part of the Ecclesiastical religion, the kind of religion that preserves the religious status, is important part of women's lives, however the male hierarchy can be seen here as well; as a rule, women would stand on the back side of church, sometimes even outside, while all of important places are taken by men. Nonetheless, women do have power. They have power to influence the status of her husband. If a female has bad sexual records, it might destroy possibility for their daughter to get a good marriage. Moreover, just by doing adultery, they turn their husbands intocuckolds. The next culture we discuss is Mundurucu culture researched by Leslee Nadelson. This is the culture of the village social organization, with male hierarchy. It's located in Amazonia, near Brazil between the Cururu river and the Das Tropas river. The prestige in this culture is based on the men hierarchy and is embedded in religion, economic, and kinship systems. The prestige system is embedded in religion. Myths of this culture are the great example of it. Definition of myth implies that it is when super natural forces communicate with human. There are six myths with main character Karusakaibo. The two important animals are introduced in the myths: bird and tapir. Birds represent asexual behavior and tapir representssexual behavior. In the beginning of myths, Kar...
