| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Lore and Land in Transition -- 2. Forests, Rivers, and Minerals -- 3. People and Place -- 4. Goblins, Ghosts, and Hunters -- 5. Submerged Spirits -- 6. A Hex on Hunters and Fishermen -- 7. Perilous Flesh -- 8. Evil Eye -- 9. Trees, Treasure, and Treachery -- 10. Haunted Streets -- 11. The Changing Panorama -- Appendix 1. Checklist of Scientific and Common Names of Plants -- Appendix 2. Checklist of Scientific and Common Names of Animals -- Appendix 3. Game Considered Reimoso by Fifty-nine Colonists along the Transamazon Highway, Brazil, 1978-1979 -- Appendix 4. Fish Considered Reimoso by Fifty-eight Fishermen in the Vicinity of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, 1977 -- Appendix 5. Some Supernatural Entities in the Cosmology of Rural People in the Brazilian Amazon, with Their Habitat, Function, and Danger to Humans |
| Summary |
"Insightful work, written for a popular audience, offers reader a general understanding of the region"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Amazon River Region.
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Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Folklore
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Amazon River Region
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folklore
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Indians of South America
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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Mythos
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Natur
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Regenwouden.
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Anthropology.
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Social Sciences.
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Folklore.
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Folklore -- Amazonie.
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Écologie humaine -- Amazonie.
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Indiens -- Amazonie -- Folklore.
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Amazon River Region
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Amazonastiefland
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Amazonegebied.
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95045626 |
| ISBN |
0813018714 |
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9780813018713 |
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