Yuruparí: Studies of an Amazonian Foundation Myth

Religions of the World

by Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff

Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff spent much of his life studying the oral culture of the Tukano Indians in the Northwest Amazon, including 20 years simply learning the four key Tukanoan languages. Through his translations and commentaries of the yurupari fertility mythologem and ritual complex, Tukano oral art is revealed as an important expression of tribal philosophical and religious thought.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Anthropologist, known for his holistic approach and his in-depth fieldworks among tropical rainforest cultures (e.g. Tucano). His many publications and achievements have deemed him the “Father of Colombian Archaeology”—and rightly so.