TITLE

Guardians of the cosmos

AUTHOR(S)

Romero, F.

PUB. DATE

May 1990

SOURCE

UNESCO Courier;May90, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p30

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the cosmogony of the Kogua, or Cagaba, South American Indians, who live on the slopes of Colombia's Sierra Nevade de Santa Marta. Laws of Mother Nature; Role of the high priest, or Mama; Letter to the Colombian government requesting protection of Kogua holy places. INSET: The Nine Worlds of the Kogua (creation myth)..

ACCESSION #

9006250702

Tags: CREATIONISM

 

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