Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe & OceaniaJerome Rothenberg |
Contents
Kato Indian | 7 |
Maori New Zealand | 14 |
Aztec Definitions | 20 |
The Pictures | 26 |
To the God of Fire as a Horse India | 44 |
How Isaac Tens Became a Shaman Gitksan Indian | 50 |
The Dog Vision Sioux Indian Lakota | 58 |
The Dream of Enkidu Mesopotamia | 65 |
BloodGirl the Chiefs | 240 |
From Inatoipippiler Cuna | 246 |
Poems for a Carnival Quechua | 254 |
The Machi Exorcises the Spirit Huecuve Araucanian | 260 |
The Quest of Milarepa Tibetan | 271 |
From The Nine Songs Chinese | 278 |
A Shaman Vision Poem Chinese | 286 |
A Song of the Spider Goddess Ainu | 293 |
Spell Against Jaundice Serbian | 71 |
Offering Flowers Aztec | 82 |
When Hare Heard of Death Winnebago Indian | 89 |
The Story of the Leopard Tortoise Bushman Africa | 95 |
The String Game Bushman Africa | 104 |
Improvised Song Against a White | 107 |
Lily Events Arnhem Land Australia | 113 |
GoingAround Event Asiatic Eskimo | 119 |
Peacemaking Event Andaman Islands | 126 |
Taming the Storm Copper Eskimo | 135 |
A Dialogue for God | 144 |
Ghosts Shadows Gabon Pygmy | 149 |
The Comet Ekoi | 157 |
for Kodzo Others Ewe | 164 |
Seven PraiseMottoes Dogon | 170 |
Ika Meji Yoruba | 181 |
Voice of the Karaw Bamana | 191 |
Mide Songs PictureSongs Ojibwa | 205 |
Three Teton Sioux Songs | 213 |
Song of the Humpbacked Flute Player Hopi | 219 |
A Song of the Winds Seri | 226 |
The Painted Book Nahuatl Texcoco | 233 |
Things Seen by the Shaman Karawe Chukchee | 301 |
Mantra for Binding a Witch Baiga India | 309 |
For the Lord of Caves Kannada India | 317 |
The Battle Between Anat the Forces of | 324 |
Song of the Arval Brothers Roman | 333 |
A Song of Amergin Irish | 341 |
The Nine Herbs Charm AngloSaxon | 347 |
Odins Shaman Song Icelandic | 353 |
Blood River Shaman Chant Nenets | 359 |
The Message of King Sakis the Legend of the Twelve | 364 |
Deep Song Spanish Gypsy | 372 |
Twelve Kura Songs from Tikopia | 379 |
The Gumagabu Song Trobriand Islands New Guinea | 385 |
The Daybreak Mudbara Australia | 391 |
The First Truck at Tambrey Jindjiparndi Australia | 403 |
The Woman Who Married a Caterpillar | 411 |
The Lovers I Kapingamarangi Polynesia | 417 |
Animal Story X Fiji Melanesia | 423 |
The Girl of the Early Race Who Made the Stars | 472 |
A Poem for the Wind Welsh | 480 |
War Gods Horse Song I Navajo Indian | 512 |
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Common terms and phrases
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