Ethnology, Volume 9University of Pittsburgh, 1970 - Anthropology |
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... plant not only because it has fragrant flowers but because it happens to flower during the driest month of the year . Endospermum formicarum is " hot " because it is believed to " cook " the ground around it and prevent other plants ...
... plant not only because it has fragrant flowers but because it happens to flower during the driest month of the year . Endospermum formicarum is " hot " because it is believed to " cook " the ground around it and prevent other plants ...
Page 75
... plant and use it in garden magic together with other " cold " plants , but because of its irritating properties it is also a member of the " hot " category . The same may also be the case with Erythrina indica and Ficus septica . Among ...
... plant and use it in garden magic together with other " cold " plants , but because of its irritating properties it is also a member of the " hot " category . The same may also be the case with Erythrina indica and Ficus septica . Among ...
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apply the following remedies , of which the first three involve plants that are classified as " hot " and the fourth and fifth plants that are regarded as " cold " : Evodia elleryana . The inner bark is grated , cooked , and applied to ...
apply the following remedies , of which the first three involve plants that are classified as " hot " and the fourth and fifth plants that are regarded as " cold " : Evodia elleryana . The inner bark is grated , cooked , and applied to ...
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