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The Nuosu Book of Origins : A Creation Epic from Southwest China /

"The Nuosu people, who were once overlords of vast tracts of farmland and forest in the uplands of southern Sichuan and neighboring provinces, are the largest division of the Yi ethnic group in southwest China. Their creation epic plots the origins of the cosmos, the sky and earth, and the livi...

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Other Authors:	Aku, Wuwu, 1964- (Translator), Bender, Mark (Translator)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English Sino-Tibetan languages
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Yi (Chinese people) Mythology, Chinese. Folk poetry, Yi. Creation > Mythology. RELIGION / Comparative Religion BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism Creation > Mythology > China, Southwest. Yi (Chinese people) > Folklore. Folk poetry, Yi > China, Southwest > Translations into English. Southwest China. Translations. Folklore. Electronic books.
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