Guyana · Folktales and oral traditions
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Guyana
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- Tales linked to multiple countries
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At Kaieteur on Guyana’s Potaro River, two rocks carry the memory of the story. Their pointed and squared shapes become objects from a journey.
Tales in the Atlas
Kaieteur’s Stone Canoe
1876 · Charles Barrington Brown · Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana · pp. 214–215
1915 · Walter E. Roth · An Inquiry into the Animism and Folk-Lore of the Guiana Indians · §172
Tales found across countries
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