Ethnology, Volume 24University of Pittsburgh, 1985 - Anthropology |
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Page 239
... Priests are again clearly distinguished . The wane nifoa , meaning " man who offers prayers , " is a priest of the ancestral spirit cult . . . . Ideally a priest's eldest son should succeed to the priesthood upon his father's death ...
... Priests are again clearly distinguished . The wane nifoa , meaning " man who offers prayers , " is a priest of the ancestral spirit cult . . . . Ideally a priest's eldest son should succeed to the priesthood upon his father's death ...
Page 240
... priest for ... " everybody " in a district or clan . Presumably he was a chief priest , sacrificing to a higher order of clan ancestral spirit . . . . The wane taloa , whose title means " man of renown or fame , " was a Big Man whose ...
... priest for ... " everybody " in a district or clan . Presumably he was a chief priest , sacrificing to a higher order of clan ancestral spirit . . . . The wane taloa , whose title means " man of renown or fame , " was a Big Man whose ...
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... priest . In practice the successor to an old priest had usually long been prepared to assume these duties . The difficulties of maintaining continuity in the contemporary period must largely be consequences of the disaster of 1927 and ...
... priest . In practice the successor to an old priest had usually long been prepared to assume these duties . The difficulties of maintaining continuity in the contemporary period must largely be consequences of the disaster of 1927 and ...
Contents
Criteria for Selecting Herbal Remedies C H Browner | 13 |
Sociolinguistic Implications Lajos | 33 |
Pingelap Politics and AmericanMicronesian Relations David | 43 |
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