Ethnology, Volume 19University of Pittsburgh, 1980 - Anthropology |
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Page 74
... initiation and in most cases will already have been admitted to male initiation in hopes of curing her infertility or inability to bear a son . ( In Nandi , an infertile person of either sex is admitted to the opposite sex's initia ...
... initiation and in most cases will already have been admitted to male initiation in hopes of curing her infertility or inability to bear a son . ( In Nandi , an infertile person of either sex is admitted to the opposite sex's initia ...
Page 85
... initiation . It was revealed , however , that in all cases this is due to the woman's barrenness or failure to bear a son and preceded her deci- sion to marry a wife . Yet female husbands all implied that they at- tend male initiation ...
... initiation . It was revealed , however , that in all cases this is due to the woman's barrenness or failure to bear a son and preceded her deci- sion to marry a wife . Yet female husbands all implied that they at- tend male initiation ...
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... initiated under the tutelage of an experienced sha- man . With his anxieties and sensory perceptions heightened by the darkness and the very real dangers of his situation , the child was prepared to magnify the dim shadows and rustlings ...
... initiated under the tutelage of an experienced sha- man . With his anxieties and sensory perceptions heightened by the darkness and the very real dangers of his situation , the child was prepared to magnify the dim shadows and rustlings ...
Contents
Volume XIX Number | 1 |
MAYORUNA PANOAN KINSHIP I | 11 |
THE MANIPULATION OF KPELLE SOCIAL | 29 |
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