Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle
University of Texas Press, 1997
Paper: 978-0-292-71589-9 | eISBN: 978-0-292-78953-1
Library of Congress Classification F2319.2.Y4C5813 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 299.82
Paper: 978-0-292-71589-9 | eISBN: 978-0-292-78953-1
Library of Congress Classification F2319.2.Y4C5813 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 299.82
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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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