In the
Ya̧nomamöcosmos, 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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