Popular South American Mythology Books
Find mythology books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (4)
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An Archipelago in a Landlocked Country by Elisa Taber EN
Country: South America / 
Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
An Archipelago in a Landlocked Country is the lyrical storytelling of fieldwork conducted in Neuland, a Mennonite colony in Paraguay's Boquerón department, and Cayim ô Clim, the neighboring Nivaklé settlement. The author was conceived in Neuland in 1990 and returned in 2013 and in 2016. This multi-sequentially read book shifts in genre from ekphrastic descriptions of 30-second films shot in Asunción, Filadelfia, and Neuland; to a short story collection inspired by metonymically translated Nivaklé myths; and finally, a novella that mythologizes the life of a third generation Mennonite woman. Th... continue
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Hai kur mamashu chis: I want to tell you a story by Cristina Zarraga, Ursula Calderon, Cristina Calderon , EN
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
Hai kur mamashu chis, or “I want to tell you a story,” as the Yagan grandmothers used to refer to their storytelling, is a journey through the landscape of the Yagan of a unique culture, rich in character, customs, and beliefs. Cristina Calderón is the only remaining native speaker and the last pure-blooded member of the Yagán people.
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The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism : Transform, Heal, and Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine by Karen M. Rose EN
Country: South America / 
Guyana
Guyana
Description:
The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism, written by leading Black herbalist Karen Rose, addresses herbalism and medicine making from the perspective of diasporic ancestral traditions.
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The Curse of Nemur : In Search of the Art, Myth, and Ritual of the Ishir by Ticio Escobar EN
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
The Tomáraho, a subgroup of the Ishir (Chamacoco) of Paraguay, are one of the few remaining indigenous populations who have managed to keep both their language and spiritual beliefs intact. They have lived for many years in a remote region of the Gran Chaco, having limited contact with European or Latin American cultures. The survival of the Tomáraho has been tenuous at best; at the time of this writing there were only eighty-seven surviving members. Ticio Escobar, who lived extensively among the Tomáraho, draws on his acquired knowledge of Ishir beliefs to confront them with his own Western i... continue