Vom Roroima zum Orinoco by Theodor Koch-Grnberg - 9781108006262

Vom Roroima zum OrinocoErgebnisse einer Reise in Nordbrasilien und Venezuela in den Jahren 19111913\nAuthor(s): Theodor Koch-Grnberg\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108006262, 978-1108006262\nSynopsis\nTheodor Koch-Grnberg [tel] was a noted German ethnologist and explorer whose work on the indigenous peoples of Brazil and Venezuela is still consulted today. His most important publication was this five-volume account of his expedition of [tel] from the sandstone mountains bordering Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana through uncharted territory westwards to the Orinoco. Volume 2 contains the myths and legends Koch-Grnberg recorded among the Pemon Indians, who were speakers of Taulipng (Taurepan) and Arekun (Arecuna). These two important Cariban languages are closely related, and are still spoken by several thousand people in the Roroima mountains. Koch-Grnberg's consultants were Mseupu, a young Arecu.