In the Ya̧nomamö cosmos, Hei kä misi (literally, "this layer") is earth and the third highest of four vertically parallel layers. The Ya̧nomamö believe that Hei kä misi was created when a part of Hedu kä misi (Heaven) got dislodged and fell.[1]

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  1. ^ Chagnon, Ya̧nomamö, p. 101.
  • Chagnon, Napoleon A. (1997), Ya̧nomamö, Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology, series eds. George & Louis Spindler (5th ed.), Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, ISBN 0-15-505327-2
  • Wilson, David J.; Salomon, Frank; Kicza, John E. (2007), "Native Americans of Middle and South America", Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia, archived from the original on 2009-10-28, retrieved 2008-03-02
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