Pre-Columbian american religions /
Walter krickeberg.
- 365 páginas ; 25 cm
Incluye bibliografía.
México -- Maya territory -- South central america and the northern andes -- The central in 1600 -- The lonely drum: the canadian algonquin and athapascans -- Supreme being and big house: the delaware and algonquin of the atlantic seaboard -- Dream, vision and tradition: the algonquin of the great lakes -- Twin gods and a dual world: the iroquois of lake ontario -- The kingdom of the gods in the middle: the zuñi of new mexico -- Death and rebirth: the kwakiutl of british columbia -- Supreme being, culture hero and ancestor -- Spirits and rituals of the hunt -- Vegetation gods and fertility rites; headhunting and cannibalism -- The soul and ancestor worshipáginas -Representations of supernatural beings -- Shamanism.