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