The enchanted Amazon rain forest :

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Smith, Nigel J. H.,, 1949- The enchanted Amazon rain forest : stories from a vanishing world / Nigel J.H. Smith. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c1996.
xiv, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Content notes : 1. Lore and Land in Transition -- 2. Forests, Rivers, and Minerals -- 3. People and Place -- 4. Goblins, Ghosts, and Hunters -- 5. Submerged Spirits -- 6. A Hex on Hunters and Fishermen -- 7. Perilous Flesh -- 8. Evil Eye -- 9. Trees, Treasure, and Treachery -- 10. Haunted Streets -- 11. The Changing Panorama -- Appendix 1. Checklist of Scientific and Common Names of Plants -- Appendix 2. Checklist of Scientific and Common Names of Animals -- Appendix 3. Game Considered Reimoso by Fifty-nine Colonists along the Transamazon Highway, Brazil, 1978-1979 -- Appendix 4. Fish Considered Reimoso by Fifty-eight Fishermen in the Vicinity of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, 1977 -- Appendix 5. Some Supernatural Entities in the Cosmology of Rural People in the Brazilian Amazon, with Their Habitat, Function, and Danger to Humans. 0813013771 9780813013770 * Folklore - Amazon River Region. Indians of South America - Folklore. - Amazon River Region Nature - Effect of human beings on - Amazon River Region. Indios de la Región del Río Amazonas - Folklore Hombrea - Influencia de la naturaleza - Río Amazonas(Región) Regenwouden. Folklore - Amazonie. Écologie humaine - Amazonie. Folklore - Amazonie. Écologie humaine - Amazonie. Indiens - Folklore. - Amazonie Mythos Natur * Amazonastiefland