name
Arutam
ah-ROO-tam
ɑˈruːtɑmListen
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Syllable breakdown
Arutam
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Shuar (Ecuador/Peru)
- Meaning
- a Shuar name derived from Arutam, the supreme spiritual power and ancestral vision force sought by Shuar men through ritual fasting and the use of sacred plants in remote forest locations; attaining an Arutam soul is considered essential for a man to gain courage, protection in conflict, and immunity from ordinary causes of death; men named Arutam are associated with the pursuit of this transformative spiritual experience that has defined masculine identity in Shuar culture for generations
- Gender
- male
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