Piaroa Shamanic Ethics and Ethos: Living by the Law and the Good Life of Tranquillity
The Amazonian cosmos is a battlefield where beauty is possible but violent chaos rules. As a result, the Piaroa world is characterised by an ongoing battle between shamans who uphold, on behalf of all Piaroa, the ideal of ethical living, and forces of chaos and destruction, epitomised by malevolent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
[2018]
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International journal of Latin American religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 315-333 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Piaroa
/ Shamanism
/ Good living
/ Shaman
/ Ambivalence
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Venezuela B Shamanism B Piaroa B Ethos B Yopo |
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