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The monkey people
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Eric Metaxas |
The people in a village in the Amazon rain forest grow so lazy that they eagerly allow a strange man to create monkeys from leaves to do everything for them. |
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Pachamama tales
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Paula Martín |
"A bilingual collection of enchanting folk tales from the peoples of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay accompanied by historical and geographical background as well as color phot… |
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The last cannibals
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Ellen B. Basso |
"Third book in a series on Kalapalo narrative discourse uses nine stories collected between 1967-82 to interpret Kalapalo history. Primarily concerned with what these stories can tell us about a part… |
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Performing dreams
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Laura R. Graham |
"Discourse-centered approach to Xavante culture focuses on the performance of songs, the telling of dreams, and the transmission of culture. Principal arguments are that the meaning of expressive pra… |
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Moon was tired of walking on air
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Natalia Maree Belting |
A collection of myths of various South American Indian tribes, explaining the natural world. |
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Love and roast chicken
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Barbara Knutson |
In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner. |
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Feathers like a rainbow
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Flora. |
The birds in the forests surrounding the Amazon River all have dark feathers until they decide to steal some colors from the Hummingbird. |
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