Tricksters and Trancers
, by Guenther, Mathias- ISBN: 9780253213440 | 0253213444
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/1/1999
"... a first-rate piece of scholarship... an invaluable summary and commentary on the multilingual literature on [Bushman] people." -- ChoiceThe trickster and trance dancer are the guides through Bushman (or San) religion, a world of ambiguity and contradiction, and of enchantment. The two figures, who in Bushman belief are symbolically equivalent and mystically linked, embody these antistructural traits.