Contiene: This volume contains a collection of 147 narratives pertaining to the oral tradition of the Chamoco Indians of the Paraguayan Gran Chaco. The history of Chamacoco narrative research dates back to the beginning of the present century. Aside from a string of settlements along the east bank of the Río Paraguay, from near the Bolivian border to Puerto Casado, the modern Chamacoco live dispersed throughout a region that between Bahía Negra and Puerto Olimpo projects for fifty kilometers or more into the Paraguayan Chaco. The etymology of the tribal name appears to be unknown, and the designation "chamacoco" is used only by outsiders. The indians refer to people of their own kind as Ishir, a self.denomination that pertains to three subtribal groups, including the northern O'rio, the central Ebidoso, and the southern Tomaráxo. - The narratives: cosmogony, cosmology, and world calamities - Other etiological narratives - The axnábsero - Animals - Monsters, Ogres, and other extraordinary creatures and events - Miscellaneous narratives.

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