Author: James Endredy
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738721477
Category : Shamanism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Join James Endredy, noted author and shamanic practitioner, on a bizarre, brutal, and exhilarating excursion into realities that few people have had a chance to explore. Whether it's discovering how to dream with the Lords of the Underworld or learning to fly with the help of his eagle nagual, outwitting a soul-stealing sorceress in Veracruz or conversing with the spirit of an ancient dwarf king, these gripping firsthand accounts chronicle Endredy's mystical experiences while living and working with fifteen indigenous cultures in North and South America, Hawaii, and Mexico. Endredy's amazing, arduous, and sometimes life-threatening shamanic initiations and lessons illustrate the interconnectedness of all life, the importance of being humble enough to laugh at yourself, and the need to respect and learn from nature and her children.
Author: Barbara Tedlock
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826313584
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this study of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary Quiché Indians of highland Guatemala has now been updated to address changes that have occurred in the last decade. The Classic Mayan obsession with time has never been better known. Here, Barbara Tedlock redirects our attention to the present-day keepers of the ancient calendar. Combining anthropology with formal apprenticeship to a diviner, she refutes long-held ethnographic assumptions and opens a door to the order of the Mayan cosmos and its daily ritual. Unable to visit the region for over ten years, Tedlock returned in 1989 to find that observance of the traditional calendar and religion is stronger than ever, despite a brutal civil war. ". . . a well-written, highly readable, and deeply convincing contribution. . . ." --Michael Coe
Author: Stan Nicholls
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 0575130261
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Where a unique fantasy series began! A fast moving, action packed epic that for the first time tells the story of fantasy's traditional enemy, giving orcs their own motives, heroes and destiny. An epic quest that takes orc warband leader Stryke and his warriors on a journey to secure five artifacts of power with which they hope the can buy their freedom but which actually hold the key to everything and the explanation for the sudden incursion of mankind into the world of the elder races, an incursion that is leeching the magic out of the land of Maras-Dantia.
Author: Dennis Tedlock
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826318237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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A book of Mayan myths that inhabit the landscape and language, the ruined citadels and living towns of Mayan people in the highlands of Guatemala.
Author: Brendan Hudson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479748838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359
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Battles are raging in both worlds and time is rapidly running out. With Ze'ev creating a massive army to invade the human world, and Uhila-Ruark hell-bent on destroying Onani once again; this is Emily's last chance. With her new weapon and new skills she is ready to take on evil, and end it once and for all. But with her dragon friends trapped in the human world, and her other friends spread throughout the land fighting their own battles, the odds are stacking up against her. and just to make matters worse, the military have found their way into the dragon world. Two evil dragons and an entire army against one fourteen year old girl isn't very fair-but everyone knows that Emily Sutton is not an ordinary fourteen year old girl. the fate of both worlds is on her shoulders.
Author: Karen Bassie-Sweet
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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The K’iche’ Maya creation story preserved in the sixteenth-century manuscript Popol Vuh describes the origin of the world and its people in a setting long assumed to be the Guatemalan central highlands. Now a scholar with a deep knowledge of Maya history shows that all of these mythological events occurred at specific locations and that this landscape was the template for the Maya worldview. Examining the primary Maya deities, Karen Bassie-Sweet links geographic features to gods and beliefs. She reconstructs key elements of the Popol Vuh to argue that the three volcanoes around Lake Atitlan were the three thunderbolt gods and that the lake was the center of the world. She also shows that the Maya view of the creation of humans is centered on corn and examines core beliefs about the corn cycle to propose that the creation myth was established much earlier in Maya history than previously supposed. Generously illustrated, Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities is a detailed ethnohistorical analysis of Maya religion, cosmology, and ritual practice that convincingly links mythology to the land. A comprehensive treatment of Maya religion, it provides an essential resource for scholars and will fascinate any reader captivated by these ancient beliefs.
Author: James Enge
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1591028426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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In a remote city on the edge of two worlds, where blood has power and water is more precious than freedom, three far-flung friends unite on a quest to save their families. Sal Hrvati’s estranged father has brought more into the world than the woman he loved. Instead of saving her from the Void Beneath, he has summoned an unknown creature — a creature with a mission of its own and a past that stretches back to the beginning of the world. The quest to find both of them entangles Sal and his companions in a hunt for magical treasure on the floor of the Divide, a mighty crack in the earth inhabited by creatures that are not remotely human. Desert landscapes and dirigibles feature in a fast-paced fantasy that combines romance, adventure, and humor with an original take on magic. The Books of the Cataclysm take inspiration from many arcane and mythological sources. In positing that this world is just one of many "realms," three of which are inhabited by humans during various stages of their lives, it begins in the present world but soon propels the reader to a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and fantastic.
Author: Maureen Trudelle Schwarz
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816536872
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Adulthood in the Navajo world is marked by the onset of menstruation in females and by the deepening of the voice in males. Accordingly, young adults must accept responsibility over the powers manifest in blood and voice: for women, the forces that control reproduction and growth; for men, the powers of protection and restoration of order that come through maintaining Navajo oral tradition. The maintenance of the latter tradition has long been held to be the function of the Navajo singer, a role usually viewed as male. But despite this longstanding assumption, women can and do fill this role. Drawing on interviews with seventeen Navajo women practitioners and five apprentices, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz explicates women's role as ceremonial practitioners and shows that it is more complex than has previously been thought. She examines gender differences dictated by the Navajo origin story, details how women came to be practitioners, and reveals their experiences and the strategies they use to negotiate being both woman and singer. Women who choose careers as singers face complex challenges, since some rules prohibit menstruating women from conducting ceremonies and others regarding sexual continence can strain marital relationships. Additionally, oral history places men in charge of all ceremonial matters. Schwarz focuses on how the reproductive life courses of Navajo women influence their apprenticeships and practices to demonstrate how they navigate these issues to preserve time-honored traditions. Through the words of actual practitioners, she shows how each woman brings her own unique life experience to the role. While differing among individuals, these experiences represent a commitment to shared cultural symbols and result in a consensus that sustains social cohesion. By showing the differences and similarities between the apprenticeship, initiation, and practice of men and women singers, Blood and Voice offers a better understanding of the role of Navajo women in a profession usually viewed as a male activity—and of the symbolic construction of the self in Navajo culture. It also addresses classic questions concerning the sexual division of labor, menstrual taboos, gender stereotypes, and the tension between tradition and change that will enlighten students of other cultures.
Author: Dong FangBuBai
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649759541
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 631
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I can cover the sun and the moon with my heart! The color of the mountains and rivers changed! The Heavens had no eyes, but they were able to defy the heavens and turn into a demon! The heaven and earth were moved! Blood flowed like a river, washing away the muddy water! The universe was turned upside down! Close]
Author: Bu Zui
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647673496
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 691
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Sometimes, only by being hurt to the point of heartache can he has the courage and determination to return. Sometimes extraordinary power brings people not glory and respect, but fear and jealousy of others. Ye Ya's outstanding powerful ability caused the jealousy of his leader. He was secretly killed by him. With great shock and grief, he vowed secretly that if he could relive his life, he would never let those with ulterior motives hurt him. He died but was born again. Unfortunately, in this life, he only had low-level martial arts and could only obey the orders and arrangements of others. He was assigned to be a low-ranking patriarch, what he could do was accepting. But with the memory of the previous life, how can he be willing to be an ordinary person? He wants to resist in trouble, and cultivate the martial arts so that to be the strongest. Those who have bullied him and framed him will pay a painful price! ☆About the Author☆ Bu Zui, an excellent online novelist, has rich imagination and creativity. His novels have rich twists and turns, fascinating, smooth writing, and humorous language.
