Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House - Couverture rigide

Speck, Frank G.

 
9781512813791: Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1512813796 ISBN 13 : 9781512813791
Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950

Synopsis

During his last years ethnohistorian Frank G. Speck turned to the study of Iroquois ceremonialism. This 1950 book investigates the religious rites of the Cayuga tribe, one of six in the Iroquois confederation that occupied upstate New York until the American Revolution. In the 1930s and the 1940s Frank Speck observed the Midwinter Ceremony, the Cayuga thanksgiving for the blessings of life and health, performed in long houses on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario.

Collaborating with Alexander General (Deskáheh), the noted Cayuga chief, Speck describes vividly the rites and dances giving thanks to all spiritual entities. Of special interest are the medicine societies that not only prescribed herbs but used powerfully evocative masks in treating the underlying causes of sickness.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
University of Pennsylvania Press
Date d'édition
1950
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1512813796
ISBN 13 
9781512813791
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
KreGa Onlinehandel GmbH
4950000000000
info@krega-onlinehandel.de

Birkenweg 31
Brakel
33034
Allemagne

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780803292314: Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0803292317 ISBN 13 :  9780803292314
Editeur : Bison Books, 1995
Couverture souple