The crystal forest: Notes on the ontology of Amazonian spirits

Inner Asia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-172

  De Castro, Eduardo Viveiros ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; RELIGION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39649098680     PISSN: 14648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/146481707793646575     Document Type: Article

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