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Author Classen, Constance, 1957-

Title Inca cosmology and the human body / Constance Classen
Published Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description viii, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Cosmology -- 3. Creation -- 4. Myths of the Incas -- 5. Rituals and Institutions -- 6. Illness and Death -- 7. The Metaphorical Body -- 8. The Disordered Body -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix: Quechua Body and Sensory Terms
Notes Rev. ed. of author's thsis (doctoral)--McGill University, 1986
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index
Subject Human body -- Religious aspects.
Human body -- Symbolic aspects -- Andes Region.
Inca cosmology.
Inca mythology.
Inca philosophy.
Incas -- Philosophy.
Incas -- Religion and mythology
Incas -- Rites and ceremonies.
LC no. 92026079
ISBN 0874803993 (alk. paper)