ARAWAK DOCTORS' BENCHES FROM UPPER MORUCA RIVER A.—WITH ALLIGATOR AND TIGER (JAGUAR) HEADS B.—WITH HEAD AND TAIL OF MACAW; REMAINDER OF BODY PAINTED ON SEAT An Inquiry into the Animism and Folk-Lore of the Guiana Indians By Walter E. Roth from the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1908-1909, pp. 103-386 [Washington D.C., 1915] {Reduced to HTML by Christopher M. Weimer} note to the hypertext transcription Title Page Dedication PREFACE CONTENTS MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES ILLUSTRATIONS WORKS OF REFERENCE I. NO EVIDENCE OF BELIEF IN A SUPREME BEING II. TRIBAL HEROES III. TRACES OF SPIRIT, IDOL, AND FETISH CULT IV. CREATION OF MAN, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS V. THE BODY AND ITS ASSOCIATED SPIRITS VI. DREAMS; IDIOCY VII. FAMILIAR SPIRITS VIII. THE SPIRITS OF THE BUSH: NATURAL HISTORY IX. THE SPIRITS OF THE BUSH: ANIMALS AS SENTIENT HUMAN BEINGS X. THE SPIRITS OF THE BUSH: ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULAR PLANTS XI. THE SPIRITS OF THE MOUNTAIN XII. THE SPIRITS OF THE WATER XIII. THE SPIRITS OF THE SKY XIV. OMENS, CHARMS, TALISMANS XV. RESTRICTIONS ON GAME AND FOOD, VISION, ARTS AND CRAFTS, NOMENCLATURE (TABOOS) XVI. SEXUAL LIFE XVII. THE MEDIClNE-MAN XVIII. KANAIMA; THE INVISIBLE OR BROKEN ARROW XIX. MISCELLANEOUS INDIAN BELIEFS CONCERNING MAN AND ANIMALS XX. ANIMISM AND FOLK-TALES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION; MIXED FOREIGN AND INDIGENOUS BELIEFS XXI. MISCELLANEOUS FOLK-LORE, INDEPENDENT OF ANIMISM GLOSSARY

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