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Dance of the Dolphin : Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination
Dance of the Dolphin Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination
Author: Candace Slater
In folktales told throughout much of the Brazilian Amazon, dolphins take human form, attend raucous dances and festivals, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. They are encantados, or Enchanted Beings, capable of provoking death or madness, but also called upon to help shamanic healers. Male dolphins--acco...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226761848
ISBN-10: 0226761843
Publication Date: 9/15/1994
Pages: 321
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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