Watunna : An Orinoco Creation Cycle

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Texas Pr
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Summary

Originally published in Spanish in 1970, Watunna is the epic history and creation stories of the Makiritare, or Yekuana, peoples 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.

Table of Contents

Preface for a New Millennium ix(4)
Teller's Preface xiii
Introduction 1(18)
Wanadi
19(26)
Seruhe Ianadi
21(2)
Nadeiumadi
23(5)
Attawanadi
28(4)
Kaweshawa
32(13)
Iureke
45(38)
Nuna
47(4)
Huiio
51(4)
Kawao
55(7)
Manuwa
62(8)
Ahisha
70(7)
Iureke's Woman
77(3)
Dama
80(3)
Kasenadu
83(12)
Dinoshi
85(3)
Wachamadi
88(7)
Mominaru
95(6)
Mominaru
97(4)
Kuamachi
101(16)
Mado
103(6)
Wlaha
109(8)
Makusani
117(8)
Makusani
119(6)
Marahuaka
125(16)
Kuchi
127(5)
Semenia
132(6)
Mado and Wachedi
138(3)
Wahnatu
141(50)
Wahnatu
143(4)
Kahiuru
147(7)
Ankosturana
154(3)
Mahaiwadi
157(2)
Amenadina
159(2)
Wanadi Nistama
161(4)
Medatia
165(16)
The Waitie
181(10)
Glossary 191

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