SOUTH AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY
Inbunden bok. Chancellor Press London. 1983. 144 s. Inbunden. Se flera bilder! Förlagets dek. laminerade kartonnage. 28,5x21cm. 760 gram.
Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag finns i mycket gott skick. Engelsk text. Ur omslagstexten: This book tells the stories of the Indian peoples of South America, their traditions and beliefs: the devine origin of the Inka; the myths of Collao; the fabulous green tiger which causes eclipses of the sun and moon by attempting the eat them; jaguar cults; legends of giants; the cult of the dead. Many of the legends were written down by the chroniclers but information also survives in the customs of present-day quencha and Aymara Indians - the direct successors of those who fell to the Spaniards. Harold Osborne lived among the quencha Indians for a number of years and is well qualified to tell their story. He reveals a new worls of rich and vivid legends drawn from every part of the strange and fascinating continent.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 0753700034
- Titel
- South American mythology
- Författare
- Osborne, Harold
- Utgivningsår
- 1997
- Omfång
- 144 sidor
- Språk
- English
