Publication

2008 - Libraries Unlimited, Westport, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

43,000 words, Guess

Page Count

172 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781591586746
  • ISBN-101591586747
  • Goodreads7019061
  • LibraryThing7939275
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008028653
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC398.20981/1
  • LCCF2519.1.A6 G35 2008
  • LCCF2519.1.A6 G35 2009
and 1 more
  • LCCF2519

Description

Provides folktales from Amazonian fishermen, hunters, lodgers, small plot farm gardeners, and villagers in Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. The kinds of tales are as follows: Tales of origin, Tales about anacondas and boas, Tales about dolphins and other Aquatic Seducers, Tales of beasts and Forest Defenders, Tales of dark and malevolent Shamans, Tales of Punishment for ill behavior, and Tales of special places, plants, and Birds.

Subjects

Topics

TalesFolklore398.20981/1F2519.1.a6 g35 2009Amazon river and valleyIndians of South AmericaTales--amazon river region

Genres

  • Folklore

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