Secrets of the Cuna earthmother : a comparative study of ancient religions
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TextNew York Exposition Press c1960Edition: 1st edDescription: 352p.; ill.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indexContent type: - text
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1 The Inna or coming-out party of the Cuna debutante. 2 Creation of the universe, gods and demigods. 3 The great flood. 4 Cuna cosmology--the eight heavens and eight hells. 5 Worship of Olokukurtilisop compared with that of Ishtar and other earthmothers. 6 Cuna Indian tree of life. 7 From Achusimmutupalit back to Sumerian Khumbaba. 8 Reproductive structures of the Cuna earthmother. 9 Phallic symbols of the sungod's creative power. 10 My idol. 11 The position of the Nele in Cuna religion. 12 Heaven-bound canoe. 13 The meaning of the Inna feast. 14 Bronze age religious revolution
'...the most sacred ceremony remaining among the Cunas, namely, the inna or coming-out party, is a graphic description in sex symbolism of the conception, birth, and development of the debutante herself....'
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