Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House /

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During his last years ethnohistorian Frank G. Speck turned to the study of Iroquois ceremonialism. This 1950 book investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe, one of six in the Iroquois confederation that occupied upstate New York until the American Revolution. In the 1930s and the 1940s Fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Speck, Frank G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Edición:Reprint 2016.
Temas:
Cayuga Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Cayuga Indians > Religion.
Cayuga > Rites et cérémonies.
Cayuga > Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Cayuga Indians > Religion
Cayuga Indians > Rites and ceremonies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF PLATES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PHONETIC NOTE
  • PART ONE. RELIGIOUS FRAMEWORK OF CAYUGA CULTURE
  • I. THE SOUR SPRINGS LONG HOUSE
  • II. COMPLEMENTARY DUAL FUNCTIONING OF THE MOIETIES AND SEX DIVISIONS IN CAYUGA CEREMONIAL-SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
  • III CONTROLLING SPIRIT FORCES
  • IV THE ANNUAL CEREMONIAL CYCLE
  • V. CEREMONIAL OFFICIARIES, FOODS, INSTRUMENTS, AND COSTUMES
  • PART TWO. THE MIDWINTER CEREMONY
  • VI. TIMING AND PREPARATORY RITES OF THE MIDWINTER CEREMONY
  • VII. THE MEDICINE SOCIETIES
  • VIII. THE RESTRICTED MEDICINE SOCIETIES AND THEIR RITES
  • IX. THE UNRESTRICTED SOCIETIES; CURING RITES AND DANCES
  • X. THE FOUR SACRED CEREMONIAL RITES
  • XI. WORSHIP RITES ADDRESSED TO FOOD SPIRITS
  • XII. SOCIAL DANCES
  • XIII. FAMILY CONDOLENCE RITE OF THE SOUR SPRINGS BAND
  • FINAL THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS IN RETROSPECT
  • APPENDIX I
  • APPENDIX II
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • PLATES

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