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Tehuelche god
Setebos was a deity of the Tehuelche people of eastern Patagonia. The name was recorded by Europeans traveling with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world (1519–1522), and again some 58 years later by Sir Francis Drake during his (1577–1579) circumnavigation voyage. The Tehuelche language is recently extinct; since the name Setebos is not attested in more recent ethnographic studies of eastern Patagonian indigenous peoples, the reports made during the 16th century appear to be the only documented evidence of a god having this name. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SetebosA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Tempest IllustratedThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Re-evaluation of Graneledone setebos (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) and allocation to the genus MegaleledoneCited 20 times
- Go sideways: SycoraxA closely related topic
- Go sideways: The TempestA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Re-evaluation of Graneledone setebos (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) and allocation to the genus Megaleledone
Light curves and colours of the faint Uranian irregular satellites Sycorax, Prospero, Stephano, Setebos, and Trinculo
Ontogenetic changes in habitat and trophic ecology of the giant Antarctic octopus Megaleledone setebos inferred from stable isotope analyses in beaks
Robert Browning's Decoding of Natural Theology in "Caliban Upon Setebos"
Browning’s Caliban upon Setebos
Antike Motive in Arno Schmidts Erzählung ›Caliban über Setebos‹.
Setebos and Walleechu
The First Person in "Caliban Upon Setebos"
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Tempest IllustratedWilliam Shakespeare · 1800
Robert BrowningDaniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan · 2006
Dramatis personaeRobert Browning · 1864
The Longman Anthology of British LiteratureDavid Damrosch, Stuart Sherman · 2005
The Boston Browning society papersBoston Browning Society. · 1897
Grace in the New TestamentJames Moffatt · 1931- 📕Caliban upon SetebosC. R. Tracy · 1938
- 📕Ägyptologie in "Caliban über Setebos"Werner Schwarze · 1980
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