Ethnology, Volume 19University of Pittsburgh, 1980 - Anthropology |
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new garden , and observe certain taboos connected with garden work . Moreover , in attempting to manipulate garden productivity by magical means , the Aguaruna involve themselves with potentially dangerous spiritual forces , sometimes ...
new garden , and observe certain taboos connected with garden work . Moreover , in attempting to manipulate garden productivity by magical means , the Aguaruna involve themselves with potentially dangerous spiritual forces , sometimes ...
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... GARDEN AS A SPIRITUAL REALM The swidden garden has great symbolic and spiritual significance for the Aguaruna . It is one of the few places where a woman can go alone without attracting curiosity and suspicion . It offers privacy from ...
... GARDEN AS A SPIRITUAL REALM The swidden garden has great symbolic and spiritual significance for the Aguaruna . It is one of the few places where a woman can go alone without attracting curiosity and suspicion . It offers privacy from ...
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... Gardening songs apparently are directed toward the various kinds of souls or spirits of the garden : Nugkui ( the ultimate source of garden fertility ) , the manioc souls , and the souls of magical gardening stones , to be discussed ...
... Gardening songs apparently are directed toward the various kinds of souls or spirits of the garden : Nugkui ( the ultimate source of garden fertility ) , the manioc souls , and the souls of magical gardening stones , to be discussed ...
Contents
Volume XIX Number | 1 |
MAYORUNA PANOAN KINSHIP I | 11 |
THE MANIPULATION OF KPELLE SOCIAL | 29 |
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