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From a shaman's notebook : primitive and archaic poetry.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931-
Corporate Authors: Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, Folkways Records
Other Authors: Antin, David, Mac Low, Jackson, Owens, Rochelle
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003?]
Series:Custom compact disc series.
Subjects:
Shamanism > Poetry.
Folk poetry.
Table of Contents:
  • How Isaac Tens became a shaman (Gitksan Indian)
  • A shaman climbs up the sky (Altaic)
  • A poison arrow (Nigeria)
  • For a sudden stich (Anglo-Saxon)
  • The killer (Cherokee Indian)
  • Cannibal song ; Against wens ; Against syphillis (Dobu, New Guinea)
  • Nine herbs charm (Anglo-Saxon)
  • Rain song (Keresan Indian)
  • Songs in the garden of the house God (Navajo)
  • Flower feast song (Aztec)
  • Circumcision rite (Arnehm land, Australia)
  • Songs of the masked dancers (Apache)
  • Marriage rites (Arnehm land, Australia)
  • Night chant (Navajo)
  • The forest (Aztec)
  • The annunciation (Tibet)
  • Smohalla speaks (American Indian)
  • Songs of the ghost dance religion (American Indian)
  • The light becomes dark (Gabon pygmy)
  • Those were people who broke the string
  • The surrender speech of Chief Joseph (American Indian)
  • Dead hunter speaks through the voice of a shaman (Copper Eskimo)
  • The gates of dan are shut (Gabon pygmy).