European Misconceptions About The Indians - Kızılderililer Hakkında Avrupa Yanılgıları

European Misconceptions About The Indians What types of Indian behavior, rituals and customs did Europeans typically misunderstand or mis interpret? What myths of Indian society resulted? After being isolated from Europe for so long it was only a matter of time before the two wolrds collided, the simpler world of the indians with the more advanced world of the europeans. Not only was the European world different but the Indian world was multifacted within itself. Out of the collision of these two worlds there was bound to be some misconceptions and misinterpretations. The europeans often misconstrued certain indian behaviors. The male indians were perceived to be lazy since the females tended the fields as well as the home while the males went hunting or fishing. Hunting and fishing to the europeans was a reacreational activity not a necessity for survival. It was customary for an Indian male to have arranged sexaul relations if his wife was pregnant or nursing. the europeans saw this as indulging in every kind of intemperance and wicked lust. The indians were seen as naive because they had no interest in amassing wealth, therefore the europeans concluded that the indians were childlike and not to be treated as equals. Indians were also seen as heathens because they worshipped a large number of gods. The indians believed in each being having a different level of manitou. Out of this belief many different rituals were born. To appease or woo powerful spiritual entities, individuals would pray and/or sacifice valuable items such as furs,food, or tobacco but when the entire community sought divine assistance to ensure successful hunts, good harvsets, or victories they called upon shamans. These rituals reinforced European beliefs that the indians were heathens. Many myths of indian society resulted from European misconceptions. These myths included but were not limited to: the indians being naive,blood thirsty sasvasges who indulged in every kind of wicked lust and performed strange rituals. the europeans unjustly labeled the indians because their way of life was different. European perceptions were based on life as they knew it and they felt that they way of life was the right way. Just because someone does something a different way doesn't mean it is wrong or of lesser value. ÇEVİRİSİ Kızılderililer Hakkında Avrupa Yanılgıları Avrupalıların tipik olarak yanlış anladıkları veya yanlış yorumladıkları Hint davranışı, ritüelleri ve gelenekler nelerdir? Hint toplumunun hangi mitleri ortaya çıktı? Avrupa'dan bu kadar uzun süre izole edildikten sonra, iki çatışmanın çarpışmasından sadece bir zaman meselesi, avrupalıların daha ileri dünyasıyla olan kızılderililerin dünyası daha basitti. Sadece Avrupa dünyası değişmekle kalmadı, Hint dünyası kendi içinde çok yönlü bir yapıdaydı. Bu iki dünyanın çarpışmasından ötürü bazı yanlış algılamalar ve yanlış yorumlamalar yapılmak zorundaydı. Avrupalılar sıklıkla bazı Hint davranışlarını yanlış yorumladılar. Erkekler av veya balık tutarken kadınlar evlerin yanı sıra tarlalara yöneldiğinden erkek kızılderililer tembel davrandıklarını fark ettiler. Avrupa'lara avcılık ve balık avlama, hayatta kalmak için bir gereklilik değil, bir reakrasyonel aktivitedir. Karısı hamile ya da emziren bir Hintli erkeğin cinsel ilişki kurması alışılmıştı. Avrupalılar bunu her türden istikrarsızlıktan ve kötü şehvetten hoşlanmıstır. Kızılderililer, saflığı zenginleştirmekten hiç çekinmedikleri için, naif görüldüler, bu nedenle avrupalılar, Hintlilerin çocuklu olduklarına ve eşit muameleye tabi tutululmamasına karar verdiler. Hintliler çok sayıda ilah ibadet ettikleri için de putperest sayıldılar. Kızılderililerin her biri farklı manitou seviyesine sahip olduğuna inanıyordu. Bu inançtan dolayı birçok farklı ritüel doğdu. Güçlü manevî varlıkları yatıştırmak veya güçlendirmek için birey kürkler, yiyecekler veya tütün gibi değerli maddeleri dua eder ve / veya kutlardı ancak bütün toplum, şamanları çağırdıkları başarılı av, iyi harvets veya zaferler sağlamak için ilahi yardım istediğinde. Bu ritüeller, Avrupalıların inançsız olduklarına inancını güçlendirdi. Hint toplumunun birçok efsanesi Avrupalı ​​yanlış anlamalardan kaynaklanıyordu. Bu mitler şunları içermektedir ancak bunlarla sınırlı değildir: Kızılderililerin naif olmaması, kanlı susuz sasvaseler, her türlü haysiyet şehvetine maruz kaldılar ve garip ritüelleri gerçekleştirdiler. Avrupalılar haksız yere Kızılderilileri etiketliyorlar, çünkü hayat tarzları farklıydı. Avrupalı ​​algılamalar, bildiklerini yaşama dayanıyordu ve yaşam biçimlerinin doğru olduğunu hissettiler. Birisi bir şeyler yaptığı için yanlış veya daha az değerli olduğu anlamına gelmez.

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