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Contents
The Comings and Goings of a Marsupial | 1 |
Home of the Gods | 10 |
The Point of Departure | 24 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The myths of the opossum: pathways of Mesoamerican mythology |
| Author | Alfredo López Austin |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press, 1993 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Jun 18, 2009 |
| Length | 421 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Animals / Mammals Religion / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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