The perpetual return of the ancestors : an ethnographic account of the Southern Tepehuan of Mexico and their deities

This thesis is an ethnographic account of the different ritual domains of interaction between the O'dam of Northern Mexico and their gods. For the O'dam, also known as the Southern Tepehuan, gods, divinities, and different types of spirits have an ancestral character since they are conside...

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Main Author: Reyes Valdez, Jorge Antonio
Other Authors: Gow, Peter
Published: University of St Andrews 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.694546