Watunna

<p>Originally published in Spanish in 1970 <i>Watunna</i> is the epic history and creation stories of the Makiritare or Yekuana people living along the northern bank of the Upper Orinoco River of Venezuela a region of mountains and virgin forest virtually unexplored even to the present. The first English edition of this book was published in 1980 to rave reviews. This edition contains a new foreword by David Guss as well as <i>Mediata</i> a detailed myth that recounts the origins of shamanism.</p>