front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Introducing Made-from-Bone, the Trickster-Creator -- 1. The Arawakan Wakuenai of Venezuela -- Part 1: Words from the Primordial Times -- Overview -- 2. Narratives from the Primordial Times -- The Cricket-Brothers -- or, The Origin of Made-from-Bone -- The Origin of Death -- Owl-Monkey -- or, Made-from-Bone Tires to End Poisoning -- Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person -- The Origin of the Bat-People -- The Origin of Cooking with Hot Peppers -- The Origin of the Vulture-People -- Great Sickness -- or, The Origin of Malaria -- Made-from-Bone Creates Evil Omens -- 3. Ethnohistorical Interlude: Historical Themes in the Myth of Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person -- Part 2: The World Begins -- Overview -- 4. Narratives from "The World Begins" -- Grandfather Sleep -- or, The Origin of Night -- The Origin of Fire -- The Origin of Working In Manioc Gardens -- The Origin of Ceremonial Music -- The Origin of Bocachico-Fish Dances -- Pipirri -- or, The Origin of Peach-Palm Fruits -- 5. Ethnomusicological Interlude: The Catfish Trumpet Festival of 1981, or How to Ask for a Drink in Curripaco -- Part 3: The World Opens Up -- Overview -- 6. Naratives from "The World Opens Up" -- Kuwai, the Powerful Sound the Opened Up the World -- The Struggle between Made-from-Bone and First-Woman -- The Origin of Hallucinogenic Snuff and Shamanic Healing -- The Origin of Honey for Curing -- The Origin of Witchcraft and Its Treatment -- The Origin of Enchanted Spirits and the City of Gold -- 7. Ethnological Coda: Shamanizing the State in Venezuela -- Appendix A: A Note on Translation Methods -- Appendix B: AILLA Numbers for Narratives, Music, Dances, and Illustrations -- Notes -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Index -- back cover.