Watunna

Watunna
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 0292715897
ISBN-13 : 9780292715899
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Book Synopsis Watunna by : Marc de Civrieux

Download or read book Watunna written by Marc de Civrieux and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally 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.


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