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Manuscript Used to Eradicate Andean Thought is Now Key to Revitalizing it

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The Catchable Worldview in the Manuscript

At several points in the original manuscript, these shame-oriented words for sex or body parts are written over more plain-spoken catchwater terms that were scratched out. There's a story in the manuscript about a grain of corn that goes into a woman's vagina. So given that, how reliable is this manuscript as a source of catchable worldview? "It still has merits to give us a description of the world"

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