| Description |
1 online resource (406 pages) |
| Contents |
Shamans, chanters, sorcerers, and prophets -- Shamanic knowledge and power in the Baniwa universe -- Transmission of shamanic knowledge and power -- Revitalization movements in traditional and Christianized communities |
| Summary |
This book tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. The author, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions. The jaguar shamans are key players in what the author calls "a nexus of religious power and knowledge" in which healers, sorcerers, priestly chanters, and dance-leaders exercise complementary functions that link living specialists with the deities and great spirits of the cosmos |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
da Silva, Mandu
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| Subject |
Baniwa Indians -- Biography
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Shamans -- Brazil -- Biography
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Baniwa Indians -- Religion
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Baniwa philosophy.
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Baniwa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
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Baniwa Indians
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Baniwa Indians -- Religion
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Baniwa philosophy
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Shamans
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Brazil
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803246812 |
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0803246811 |
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