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Sri Lanka SRI LANKA IS A small island located just north of the equator , off the southernmost tip of India . Its location - on the sea - routes between ...
Sri Lanka SRI LANKA IS A small island located just north of the equator , off the southernmost tip of India . Its location - on the sea - routes between ...
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... the larger islands north of Australia , or Melanesia , long settled by dark - skinned ... New Zealand in the south and Easter Island in the east .
... the larger islands north of Australia , or Melanesia , long settled by dark - skinned ... New Zealand in the south and Easter Island in the east .
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Melanesia and some of the other island groups the more negative facets of the shamanic experience had developed into magic and sorcery .
Melanesia and some of the other island groups the more negative facets of the shamanic experience had developed into magic and sorcery .
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| Title | World Mythology |
| Editor | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Parragon Incorporated, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1405447672, 9781405447676 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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