Spirits of blood, spirits of breath : the twinned cosmos of indigenous America / Barbara Alice Mann.

"Ancient North American cultures shared long-standing philosophical precepts, the most important of which was the Twinned Cosmos of Blood and Breath, as it spun out fractally in pairs from serpent-eagle to dwarf-giant. Spirits of Blood, Spirits of Breath unravels this philosophical balance using tra...

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Main Author: Mann, Barbara Alice, 1947- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Physical Description:xi, 364 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Style, and sources, and methods, oh, my! -- Grandfather God and the missionaries : totally good for nothing -- The twinned cosmos of serpents and thunderbirds -- Sweats of the living and the dead -- Visions and dreams -- Giants and dwarfs -- Terlife, resuscitation, and reincarnation -- The harmony way. 
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