Writing a book and would love to have reliable sources.
Does anyone know any sources when it comes to the spiritual beliefs, weapons/armors, and magical beliefs of the cultures/people listed below. Just drop a link. Let me know if there is a better way for me to phrase this. You don't have to answer all of them just reply with any information you have would be helpful.
Indigenous people of the Americas (Aztec, Mayan, Incan, and Inuit)
Celtic & Scandinavian
Japan & China (roughly 1600 & earlier)
The people of modern day Zululand (preferably 1600ish & earlier)
The entire Middle East (1600 & earlier/Islam can be included)
Spain (medieval)
This is a pretty tall order since there are so many different cultures listed here in very broad groupings. I can recommend a few books but you would be better off asking more focused questions.
Inca: See Gods of the Andes and The Jesuit and the Incas by Sabine Hyland; Ritual and Pilgrimage in the Ancient Andes: The Islands of the Sun and Moon by Brian S. Bauer and Charles Stanish.
Aztec: The website Mexicolore is a good resource. They also have some stuff on the Maya.
"Celtic": For Ireland, see Ireland's Immortals by Mark Williams.
Japan: The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess by Edward Kamens is quite useful for understanding the relationship between Buddhism and Shinto in Heian Japan.
Middle East: If you're interested in gender in medieval Islam, there's Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam by Della Cortese and Simonetta Calderini; The Forgotten Queens of Islam by Fatima Mernissi; and Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam by Asma Sayeed. Plus the excellent article "Medieval Arab Lesbians and Lesbian-Like Women" by Sahar Amer.
Scandinavia: The Sagas of the Icelanders by Jane Smiley; The Papar Project by Barbara Crawford; and The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300 ed. by Martin Carver.