"So Wise Were Our Elders" : Mythic Narratives from the Kamsá /

""So wise were our elders!"" Thus exclaims Mariano Chicunque, himself an elder, expressing in a single phrase the thrust of the mythic narrative tradition he simultaneously presents and represents in his storytelling. A remarkable body of mythology is documented for the first tim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDowell, John Holmes, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
South American Indian
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Anthologie
Mythologie Kamsa.
Kamsa (langue) > Grammaire.
Kamsa (langue) > Textes.
Indianen.
mythos
Camsa mythology.
Camsa language > Grammar.
Camsa language.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Camsa language > Texts.
Kamsá
Texts.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Making of a Mythology; 2. Kamsá Mythic Narrative; 3. Prelude; (m1) kaka tempo (The Raw Time); 4. The Wangetsmuna Cycle; (m2) wangetsmunabiama (About Wangetsmuna); (m3) wangetsmunabiana (About Wangetsmuna); 5. Tales of the Ancestors; (m4) shatxemungabiana (About the Red Dwarfs); (m5) buyesh ndweñobe parlo (The Tale of the River Master); (m6) shbwayungabiama (About the Hunters); (m7) saina kotxebiana (About the Wild Pigs); (m8) ngwayejemabiana (About the Poor Scabby One); (m9) binyeabiana (About the Wind); (m10) binyeabiana (About the Wind)
  • (M11) uta xexonatemabe parlo (The Tale of the Two Little Children)(m12) bngabe taitabe parlo (The Tale of Our Father); (m13) jwisio (The Judgment); 6. Tricksters and Suitors; (m14) koñeshbiana (About the Rabbit); (m15) iyendonabiama (About the Squirrel); (m16) mamaxbe parlo (The Tale of the Weasel); (m17) mashangola; (m18) koskongobiama (About the Owl); (m19) shloftxebiama (About the Sparrow); (m20) murselakobiana (About the Bat); (m21) gavilanbiama (About the Hawk); (m22) tobiaxbe parlo (The Tale of the Young Woman); (m23) tsubkwatkwatjobiama (About the Rainbow)
  • (M24) osobiama (About the Bear)(m25) alegra osobiama (About the Lively Bear); (m26) juan oso (John the Bear); 7. Tales of the Spirit Realm; (m27) ngwebubebiama (About the Water Birds); (m28) welajbiama (About the Witch); (m29) tondor welajbiama (About the Earthen Witch); (m30) wamben taitabe parlo (The Tale of the Father-in-Law); (m31) salteadorbiama (About the Robber); (m32) Ia mina de oro (The Gold Mine); 8. Aftermyth; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

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