Caciques and Cemi Idols: The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Cemis are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirits, which the Tainos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with super-natural or magic powers. This title looks at the relationship between humans and other (non-human) beings that are imbued with cemi power.

• | By (Author): Jose R. Oliver (Author)
• | Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• | Publication Date: May 10, 2009
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0817355154
• | ISBN-13: 9780817355159