| Description |
1 online resource |
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Interpretations of culture in the new millennium |
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Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.
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| Contents |
Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Introducing Made-from-Bone, the Trickster-Creator -- 1. The Arawakan Wakuenai of Venezuela -- Part 1: Words from the Primordial Times -- Overview -- 2. Narratives from the Primordial Times -- The Cricket-Brothers; or, The Origin of Made-from-Bone -- The Origin of Death -- Owl-Monkey; or, Made-from-Bone Tires to End Poisoning -- Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person -- The Origin of the Bat-People -- The Origin of Cooking with Hot Peppers |
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The Origin of the Vulture-PeopleGreat Sickness; or, The Origin of Malaria -- Made-from-Bone Creates Evil Omens -- 3. Ethnohistorical Interlude: Historical Themes in the Myth of Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person -- Part 2: The World Begins -- Overview -- 4. Narratives from The World Begins -- Grandfather Sleep; or, The Origin of Night -- The Origin of Fire -- The Origin of Working In Manioc Gardens -- The Origin of Ceremonial Music -- The Origin of Bocachico-Fish Dances -- Pipirri; or, The Origin of Peach-Palm Fruits |
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5. Ethnomusicological Interlude: The Catfish Trumpet Festival of 1981, or How to Ask for a Drink in CurripacoPart 3: The World Opens Up -- Overview -- 6. Naratives from The World Opens Up -- Kuwai, the Powerful Sound the Opened Up the World -- The Struggle between Made-from-Bone and First-Woman -- The Origin of Hallucinogenic Snuff and Shamanic Healing -- The Origin of Honey for Curing -- The Origin of Witchcraft and Its Treatment -- The Origin of Enchanted Spirits and the City of Gold -- 7. Ethnological Coda: Shamanizing the State in Venezuela |
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Appendix A: A Note on Translation MethodsAppendix B: AILLA Numbers for Narratives, Music, Dances, and Illustrations -- Notes -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Index -- back cover |
| Summary |
Recorded and transcribed by Jonathan Hill, this is a collection of mythic narratives from the indigenous Wakuénai of southernmost Venezuela. The central character throughout the tales is a trickster-creator, Made-from-Bone, who survives a prolonged series of life-threatening attacks |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-184) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Curripaco Indians -- Folklore
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Curripaco mythology.
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Curripaco Indians -- Songs and music
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Tricksters -- Venezuela
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Curripaco Indians
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Curripaco mythology
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Tricksters
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Venezuela
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Songs and music
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019718401 |
| ISBN |
9780252091513 |
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0252091515 |
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1283583097 |
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9781283583091 |
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9786613895547 |
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6613895547 |
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