Dance of the Dolphin: Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination

by Candace Slater

Book Overview

In folktales told throughout much of the Brazilian Amazon, dolphins take human form, attend raucous dances and festivals, seduce men and women, and carry them away to a city beneath the river. They are encantados, or Enchanted Beings, capable of provoking death or madness, but also called upon to help shamanic healers. Male dolphins--accomplished dancers who appear dressed in dapper straw hats, white suits, and with shiny black shoes--reportedly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226761843
• ISBN13: 9780226761848
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"