The Fire of the Jaguar.
Turner, Terence S.
The Fire of the Jaguar. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (298 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Editor's introduction -- Foreword -- Part one -- Chapter One: General problems and methodological issues -- Chapter Two: The myth -- Chapter Three: The social setting -- Chapter Four: Cultural associations of the symbolic elements in the myth -- Chapter Five: The structure of the myth -- Chapter Six: The macaw and jaguar episodes -- Chapter Seven: The final pair of episodes -- Chapter Eight: Conclusions -- Part two -- Beauty and the beast: The fearful symmetry of the jaguar and other natural beings in Kayapo ritual and myth -- Cosmology, objectification, and animism in indigenous Amazonia -- The crisis of late structuralism -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781912808076
Cayapo Indians-Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
F2520
398.2089/984
The Fire of the Jaguar. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (298 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Editor's introduction -- Foreword -- Part one -- Chapter One: General problems and methodological issues -- Chapter Two: The myth -- Chapter Three: The social setting -- Chapter Four: Cultural associations of the symbolic elements in the myth -- Chapter Five: The structure of the myth -- Chapter Six: The macaw and jaguar episodes -- Chapter Seven: The final pair of episodes -- Chapter Eight: Conclusions -- Part two -- Beauty and the beast: The fearful symmetry of the jaguar and other natural beings in Kayapo ritual and myth -- Cosmology, objectification, and animism in indigenous Amazonia -- The crisis of late structuralism -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781912808076
Cayapo Indians-Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
F2520
398.2089/984