Native Religion of the Americas

by Åke Hultkrantz and Dashka Slater

North, Central, and South American Indians have a rich religious heritage, though much has been lost since these peoples were conquered by Europeans. Characteristic features of Native American religion included the master of the animals, a protective spirit of a species or of all animals. Shamans, ecstatic medicine men, used supernatural powers to cure the ill. Totemism was a mysterious religious bond between the human clan and their animal guardians...

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786164778
• ISBN13: 9780786164776
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.5"