Program

Research Programs: Scholarly Publications

Period of Performance

9/1/1980 - 2/28/1982

Funding Totals

$6,000.00 (approved)
$6,000.00 (awarded)


The Cosmic Zygote: A South American Lowland Cosmological Model

FAIN: RP-*1725-80

Rutgers, The State University (Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045)
Marlie P. Wasserman (Project Director: May 1980 to October 1990)

To support publication of "The Cosmic Zygote: A South American Lowland Cosmological Model," which examines through ethnology and archaeology 384 representative myths from 69 Amazonian Indian groups, contributing significantly to the theory of myth.