Keith MacKinnon

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I sat with Kóhoi once and he asked me, after hearing about my god, “What else does your god do?” And I answered, “Well, he made the stars, and he made the earth.”Then I asked, “What do the Pirahãs say?” He answered,“Well, the Pirahãs say that these things were not made.”
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
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