"We Come From Trees": The Poetics of Plants among the Jotï of the Venezuelan Guayana
This paper explores the pervasive role of plants in the lives of the Jotï, a group of 900 people from the Venezuelan Guayana. In contrast with other Amazonian people for whom plants play relatively minor roles in spiritual spheres when compared to animals (e.g., the Ese Eje, Aguaruna or Yanomami), a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-35 |
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Jotï
B spiritual botany B Perspectivism B ecocosmology B Guayanan Indians |
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