From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: Representation of the Sacred at Lake Titicaca [Title Page Only]

by Verónica Salles-Reese

Book Overview

Surrounded by the peaks of the Andean cordillera, the deep blue waters of Lake Titicaca have long provided refreshment and nourishment to the people who live along its shores. From prehistoric times, the Andean peoples have held Titicaca to be a sacred place, the source from which all life originated and the site where the divine manifests its presence.

In this interdisciplinary study, Ver?nica Salles-Reese explores how Andean myths of cosmic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292777132
• ISBN13: 9780292777132
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"