Antes o mundo não existia
Subtitle: mitologia dos antigos Desana-Kẽhíripõrã
By: Umusĩ Pãrõkumu (Firmiano Arantes Lana) e Tõrãmũ Kẽhíri (Luiz Gomes Lana) ; desenhos de Luiz e Feliciano Lana.
Contributors: Kenhíri, Tolamãn.
Edition: 2a. ed. rev. e ampliada.
Series: Coleção Narradores indígenas do Rio Negro ;; v. 1
Publisher: UNIRT; FOIRN
Published: 1995
Place of publication: São João Batista do Rio Tiguié, Amazonas; São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas
Language: por
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Desana mythology.
Description: "Revised version of a collection of myths, originally published in 1980, of the Desana indigenous group (of the Kenhiripõra descent group) of the northwest Amazon. The first of a projected series of volumes by indigenous narrators of the region, with the support of the Federação das Organizações Indígenas do Rio Negro (FOIRN), volume presents a Portuguese translation of the lengthy Desana creation cycle and other myths (simplified and discussed by the narrator for the purpose of widespread distribution)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.