Ethnology, Volume 9University of Pittsburgh, 1970 - Anthropology |
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... establishing the owa shrine for a living male , are quite similar . In this sense owa differs from most other personal shrines in its lack of autonomy . Owa is established for a boy by his father , or male guardian if the father is dead ...
... establishing the owa shrine for a living male , are quite similar . In this sense owa differs from most other personal shrines in its lack of autonomy . Owa is established for a boy by his father , or male guardian if the father is dead ...
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... established , on the advice of a diviner , to alleviate various troubles , as well as to improve the yam crops . In any case , it is said that the spirit of njoku " calls " a person to establish the shrine . The shrine in the barn is ...
... established , on the advice of a diviner , to alleviate various troubles , as well as to improve the yam crops . In any case , it is said that the spirit of njoku " calls " a person to establish the shrine . The shrine in the barn is ...
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... established in early childhood and is often soon followed by the establishment of nkam- alo . Although both shrines , especially the latter , continue to be important in adult life , others are associated specifically with mature male ...
... established in early childhood and is often soon followed by the establishment of nkam- alo . Although both shrines , especially the latter , continue to be important in adult life , others are associated specifically with mature male ...
Contents
Labels and Rituals in Semai Classification | 16 |
Personal Shrines at Afikpo Simon Ottenberg | 26 |
Lappish Decisions Partnerships Information | 52 |
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adoption adult affinal Afikpo agnatic Amahuaca American Anthropologist AMLOXO analysis animals Anthropology AXALOXO Bajau Beaver behavior Bellona Bellonese boys brother Chhattisgarhi child clans consanguineal culture daughter Ego's ethnographic Ethnology father female Ego folktale fosterage genetrix genitor girls glossed goddess Guaymà Gurage HBC Arch herd household hunter hunting territories Igbo Indians individual Islands Jalé Kafa kin terms kin types kinship kinsmen Lac Seul land lineage linked London Maenge male marriage married married couple Mehinacu moiety mother Ngawbe nkamalo OE/OT Ojibwa Osnaburgh parallel cousins parents patrilineal descent patrilineal descent group personal shrines plants practice relationship relatives retirement ritual sacrifice Samoan seclusion Semai sexual siblings SiHu sister social organization society solidarity special terms spouse Star Husband tale structure subsistence techniques Table Tawi-Tawi terminology tion tribe variables variant village wife witchcraft woman women