The Nuosu Book of Origins A Creation Epic from Southwest China

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2019
• Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
• Subjects: Anthologies (non-poetry); Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Folklore, myths & legends; Anthologies: general; Social and cultural anthropology; Folklore, myths and legends
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Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295745701 The Nuosu people, who were once overlords of vast tracts of farmland and forest in the uplands of southern Sichuan and neighboring provinces, are the largest division of the Yi ethnic group in southwest China. Their creation epic plots the origins of th...