An inquiry into the animism and folk-lore of the Guiana Indians

This book is the ethnographically work collected sufficient material in the way of myth, legend, and fable. The legends collected have been drawn mainly from Arawak, Carib, and Warrau sources, and are initialed (A), (C), and (W), respectively.

I. NO EVIDENCE OF BELIEF IN A SUPREME BEING
II. TRIBAL HEROES
III. TRACES OF SPIRIT, IDOL, AND FETISH CULT
IV. CREATION OF MAN, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS
V. THE BODY AND ITS ASSOCIATED SPIRITS
VI. DREAMS; IDIOCY
VII. FAMILIAR SPIRITS
VIII. THE SPIRITS OF THE BUSH: NATURAL HISTORY
IX. THE SPIRITS OF THE BUSH: ANIMALS AS SENTIENT HUMAN BEINGS
X. THE SPIRITS OF THE BUSH: ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULAR PLANTS
XI. THE SPIRITS OF THE MOUNTAIN
XII. THE SPIRITS OF THE WATER
XIII. THE SPIRITS OF THE SKY
XIV. OMENS, CHARMS, TALISMANS
XV. RESTRICTIONS ON GAME AND FOOD, VISION, ARTS AND CRAFTS, NOMENCLATURE (TABOOS)
XVI. SEXUAL LIFE
XVII. THE MEDIClNE-MAN
XVIII. KANAIMA; THE INVISIBLE OR BROKEN ARROW
XIX. MISCELLANEOUS INDIAN BELIEFS CONCERNING MAN AND ANIMALS
XX. ANIMISM AND FOLK-TALES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION; MIXED FOREIGN AND INDIGENOUS BELIEFS
XXI. MISCELLANEOUS FOLK-LORE, INDEPENDENT OF ANIMISM
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