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Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780292715899)
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xOriginally published in Spanish in 1970, Watunna is the epic history and creation stories of the Makiritare, or Yekuana, people living along the northern bank of the Upper Orinoco River of Venezuela, a region of mountains and virgin forest virtually unexplored even to the present. The first English edition of this book was published in 1980 to rave reviews. This edition contains a new foreword by David Guss, as well as Mediata, a detailed myth that recounts the origins of shamanism.
Author: Marc De Civrieux
ISBN-10: 0292715897
ISBN-13: 9780292715899
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1997
Pages: 235
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.05w x 0.62d
By Marc De Civrieux
xDavid Guss teaches anthropology at Tufts University and is an associate of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University. Marc de Civrieux, a French-born paleontologist, has conducted ethnographic research throughout Venezuela since the late 1940s. His widely published work has received many awards.
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