Watunna : : An Orinoco Creation Cycle / / Marc de Civrieux.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: de Civrieux, Marc,
• TeilnehmendeR: Guss, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface for a New Millennium --; Teller's Preface --; Introduction --; Wanadi --; Iureke --; Kasenadu --; Momiñaru --; Kuamachi --; Makusani --; Marahuaka --; Wahnatu --; Glossary --; Photograph Section following page 94
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780292730656; 9783110745351
• DOI: 10.7560/715899
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marc de Civrieux.

Originally published in Spanish in 1970, Watunna is the epic history and creation stories of the Makiritare, or Yekuana, people living along the northern bank of the Upper Orinoco River of Venezuela, a region of mountains and virgin forest virtually unexplored even to the present. The first English edition of this book was published in 1980 to rave reviews. This edition contains a new foreword by David Guss, as well as Mediata, a detailed myth that recounts the origins of shamanism.