RELIGIOUS TEXTS OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
(Testi religiosi degli Indiani del Nordamerica)
Enrico Comba

RIGHTS AVAILABLE 2001

The author

Enrico Comba is a researcher in the field of demo-ethno-anthropology at the Faculty of Education Studies of the University of Turin.

The publication

This volume aims to further the knowledge of the extraordinarily complex world of religious forms among North American Indians. Their richness and depth can be approached and investigated thanks to the direct personal testimonies of men and women. Far from being the stereotypes portrayed by the cinema and literature with images of plumed warriors with long flowing plaits, galloping on horseback and wearing brightly coloured costumes, native Americans talk about their experiences and their memories, their knowledge, their hopes and their doubts. Such accounts at first sight may seem to distance these peoples from us because of their culture and lifestyle, but in reality they bring them closer to us in that their testimonies show us the inner side of human nature.