Language:
English
,
Delaware
Pages:
viii, 161 Seiten, 5 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln, 1 Faltblatt
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society volume 7
Keywords:
USA Indianer, USA
;
Delaware
;
Delaware Indianer
;
Religion, traditionelle
;
Tanz, ritueller
;
Mythologie
;
Ritualsprache
;
Ritual und Zeremonie
;
Spiel, rituelles
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Ceremonial pattern -- Additional notes to the big house ceremony -- The family feast in general -- The grease drinking ceremony, the bear rite -- The grease drinking ceremony, the otter rite -- The mask dance ceremony -- The opossum dance ceremony -- Sacrifice feasts -- Tthe doll dance ceremony -- The buffalao dance ceremony -- Rain making ritual -- The spring prayer and football ceremony to advance vegetation -- The corn harvest ceremony -- Prayer to avert thunder -- Social of "stomp" dances: turkey dance, bean dance, drunken dance -- Ceremonial games: the moccasin game, the ring and pin game, ceremonial dolls, dice and bowl game, game of jacks straws -- Miscellaneous rite: the scratching rite for warriors, ceremonial training and personal conduct, the consanguinity of tribes, mortuary ceremonies and procedures -- Nanticoke rites: text relating to the Nanticoke, Nanticoke origin of witchcraft and poison, Nanticoke skeleton dance
Note:
Ritualtexte in Delaware-Sprache mit Übersetzung ins Englische
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