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By: Otto Rank
ISBN: 9780691020624
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 1991
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Makes available for the generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's "Myth of the Birth of the Hero" and Lord Raglan's "The Hero". In his introduction to this selection from Rank, Raglan, and others, the author charts the history of theorizing about hero myths and compares the approaches of Rank, Raglan, Dundes, and Campbell.
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By: cha'ni Lele
ISBN: 9781594774553
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2012
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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The first book to explore the history, methods, and thinking behind sacrifice in the growing santeria faith
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By: Denise Alvarado
ISBN: 9781578638130
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
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(Paperback)
By: James L. Cox
ISBN: 9781350250765
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: James L. Cox
ISBN: 9781350250727
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Tony Swain
ISBN: 9780313260445
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 1991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A comprehensive bibliographical survey of all substantial publications on Aboriginal religions appearing between 1798 and 1990. The volume opens with a three-chapter narrative section which provides the historic and analytic contexts for the cataloguing that follows.
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By: Virgnia Amaral
ISBN: 9781350338739
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the influence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement in Northern Amazonia.
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By: Virgnia Amaral
ISBN: 9781350338692
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: J. W. Fernandez
ISBN: 9780691655239
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: J. W. Fernandez
ISBN: 9780691656656
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Karl Kroeber
ISBN: 9781576079393
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The remarkably accurate original translations of Native American myths from one of 19th-century America's foremost linguists.
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By: William S. Lyon
ISBN: 9780874369335
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism focuses on "medicine" or sacred ceremonies conducted through shamans in which the power of the Creator is made manifest for all to behold.
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By: Graham Harvey
ISBN: 9780304704484
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An exploration of how the study of indigenous religions can contribute to a richer understanding of human identity, action and relationships. The contributors discuss representative indigenous religions from all continents in relation to specific themes, illustrating a variety of approaches.
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By: Lawrence Sullivan
ISBN: 9780826411198
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Providing descriptions and interpretations of religious ideas, this text illustrates a range of religious beliefs and practices. It describes the religious views of the Aztecs, Mayas and Incas, and treats contemporary cases from the major cultural-geographic areas of Latin America.
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By: Shelley Osterreich
ISBN: 9780313301681
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This bibliography gives the reader access to information on shamanism from the Bering Strait to the Mexican border and from Maine to Florida.
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By: Lawrence Sullivan
ISBN: 9780826414861
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Those who teach courses in Native American religious traditions know the difficulty of finding quality books that deal in concise yet reliable fashion with a number of tribal traditions and are suitable for use in the classroom. In this volume, Lawrence Sullivan seeks to help fill this lacuna.
(Hardback)
By: Gladys Amanda Reichard
ISBN: 9780691630816
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Phillip M. White
ISBN: 9780313316265
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The largest religion begun, organized, and directed by and for Native Americans, Peyotism includes the use of peyote in its ceremonies. This bibliography provides a useful guide for scholars, students, and Native Americans who want to research Peyotism.
The bibliography includes books and book chapters, master's theses, Ph.D.
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By: Dr Arkotong Longkumer
ISBN: 9780826439703
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Heraka is a religious reform movement derived from the traditional practice known as Paupaise. It began as an anti-British and anti-Christian movement. This title focuses on the Heraka movement and its impact on the Zeme, a 'Naga tribe', in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India.
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By: Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien
ISBN: 9780275990138
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Offers a glimpse into the religious and healing practices of Native Americans.
(Paperback, Revised edition)
By: Sabine MacCormack
ISBN: 9780691021065
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 1993
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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This volume provides a salutary reminder that the 'New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe. -Stephen Nugent
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By: Christine Olivia Hernandez
ISBN: 9781401979331
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Hay House Inc
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(Hardback)
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 1981
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Mary Ann Clark
ISBN: 9780275990794
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Santeria, also known as Yoruba, Lukumi, or Orisha, was originally brought to the Americas from Africa by enslaved peoples destined for the Caribbean and South America. This book introduces readers to the religion, explores the basic elements, including the Orisha, and answers many questions that Santeria arouses in observers and practitioners.
