Stone jars (Na'vi name: chan'tu gor'ek nuuto) are specifically built containers used in ceremonies; most notably during the rite of passage Uniltaron, or "Dream Hunt". There are several of these jars in Vayaha Village.
Description[]
The stone jars are used by Na'vi warriors for keeping his or her own captured arachnoid.
Materials and Construction[]
Local stone is carved, then attached to carved stone base using woven materials, twine, and reeds. This jar holds a small, toxic arachnoid. The poison from the scorpion-like insect causes drug-induced hallucinations. The Na'vi believe that the hallucinations are visions that convey the fate of the Na'vi who has been stung. The arachnoid is used in conjunction with a psychoactive alkaloid found in a bioluminescent purple worm.
Trivia[]
- The Na'vi name for stone jars, from the Activist Survival Guide, is incorrect, as it contains a c, an h in a consonant cluster, a glottal stop in a consonant cluster, a g and a repeated vowel.[1] Due to the book no longer being considered canon,[2] the name is likely not canon.
Source[]
- James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide - pg 52
- Pandorapedia - Stone Jar article