Mysteries of the jaguar shamans of the northwest Amazon /

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Author / Creator:	Wright, Robin M.
Imprint:	Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (406 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Baniwa Indians -- Biography. Shamans -- Brazil -- Biography. Baniwa Indians -- Religion. Baniwa philosophy. Baniwa Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. Baniwa Indians. Baniwa Indians -- Religion. Baniwa philosophy. Shamans. Brazil. Electronic books. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188319

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ISBN:	9780803246812 0803246811 9780803243941 0803243944
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This book tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. The author, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions. The jaguar shamans are key players in what the author calls "a nexus of religious power and knowledge" in which healers, sorcerers, priestly chanters, and dance-leaders exercise complementary functions that link living specialists with the deities and great spirits of the cosmos.
Other form:	Print version: Wright, Robin M. Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, ©2013 9780803243941

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