SECRETS OF THE CUNA EARTHMOTHER : A Comparative Study of Ancient Religions
by Keeler, Clyde E
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New York, NY: Exposition Press, 1960. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Orange linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light edge rubs; under mylar. Relious beliefs o the Cuna. Beginning in the 1950s, geneticist and ophthalmologist Clyde E. Keeler (1900 - 1994), made lengthy trips to San Blas Islands, Panama, to study the Cuna Indians who suffered high rates of albinism. A scholar with many interest, in the process of genetic research, Keeler helped the Cuna document their culture. Books he has written include one on the Cuna alphabet. This volume is based on oral transmissions, often by song, from a quasi priesthood of specialists. An important religious personage is the fertility goddess Olokukurtilisop, or the Great Earthgrandmother ... hence the title.
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- Title
- SECRETS OF THE CUNA EARTHMOTHER : A Comparative Study of Ancient Religions
- Author
- Keeler, Clyde E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Exposition Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Religion/Spiritual/Cuna Indians/Panama/Legends/Myths/Anthropology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legends/Myths/Folk Tales; Anthropology/Ethnology;
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