Ya̦nomamöBased on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition includes events and changes that have occurred since 1992, including a recent trip by the author to the Brazilian Yanomamo in 1995. |
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... shamans spend many hours attempting to cure sick children and sick adults , driving out the malevolent forces that have caused their illnesses , and in turn , sending their own spirits and charms against the children in distant villages ...
... shamans spend many hours attempting to cure sick children and sick adults , driving out the malevolent forces that have caused their illnesses , and in turn , sending their own spirits and charms against the children in distant villages ...
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... Shamans and Hekura The word shaman is a word from the Arctic tribe , the Siberian Chuckchee , and has been widely used to describe men and women in any tribal society who manipulate the spirit world ; cure the sick with magic , sucking ...
... Shamans and Hekura The word shaman is a word from the Arctic tribe , the Siberian Chuckchee , and has been widely used to describe men and women in any tribal society who manipulate the spirit world ; cure the sick with magic , sucking ...
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... shamans have many hekura inside their bodies , and even then they must strive to keep them happy and contented ... shamans have to take hallucinogenic snuff - ebene - to contact the spirits , but adept shamans with great experience need ...
... shamans have many hekura inside their bodies , and even then they must strive to keep them happy and contented ... shamans have to take hallucinogenic snuff - ebene - to contact the spirits , but adept shamans with great experience need ...
Contents
Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö | 5 |
Cultural Ecology | 45 |
Myth and Cosmos | 99 |
Copyright | |
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