Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon /

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.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Hill, Jonathan David, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009
Series:Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-184) and index.
ISBN:9780252091513
0252091515
1283583097
9781283583091
9786613895547
6613895547
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record.