Title: Folktales of the Amazon /
Authors: Galeano, Juan Carlos, 1958-; Morgan, Rebecca; Watson, Kenneth; Galeano, Juan Carlos, 1958-
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Economic and Social Research Council; Indians of South America Amazon River Region Folklore.; Tales Amazon River Region.; Amazon River Region Folklore.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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 -- Tales of special places, plants, and birds.