Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman's Sourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 0807081027
- ISBN-13
- 9780807081020
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit / General
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Paula Gunn Allen
Description
In this magical new book, a Laguna Pueblo/Sioux Indian and one of this country's foremost Native American scholars introduces the world of the female supernatural. Allen retells 21 stories from Cherokee to Navajo, Aztec to Maya, which have guided female shamans toward an understanding of the sacred. Illustrated.
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