Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath
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The Twinned Cosmos of Indigenous America
Barbara Alice Mann
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Explains the ancient but understudied concept of Twinned Cosmos;
Uses both Western and Indigenous source material;
Respects each Native culture as a discrete unit, rather than generalizing them as is often done in Western anthropology;
contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Introduction: Style, and Sources, and Methods-Oh, My!
Chapter 1. "Grandfather God" and the Missionaries: "Totally Good for Nothing"
Chapter 2. The Twinned Cosmos of Serpents and Thunderbirds
Chapter 3. Sweats of the Living and the Dead
Chapter 4. Visions and Dreams
Chapter 5. Giants and Dwarfs
Chapter 6. Afterlife, Resuscitation, and Reincarnation
Chapter 7. The Harmony Way
Notes
Bibliography
Index