The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees - Couverture souple

Mooney, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1934451959 ISBN 13 : 9781934451953

Editeur : A & D Books, 2007

Synopsis

The author, James Mooney, lived with the Southeastern Cherokee in the 1800s. During that time he was allowed to document the sacred rites of the Cherokee Shamans. Here is a fascinating and Accurate view into the mystic life of the Cherokee. No where else will you see the actual text for the Cherokees' rituals and spells including love spells, weather spells, hunting rituals, and rituals to cure diseases.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Mooney was an American ethnographer whose extensive fieldwork made him one of the most influential early scholars of Indigenous cultures in North America. Born in Richmond, Indiana, in 1861, he joined the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology in 1885. He spent several seasons living and working among Eastern Cherokee communities in North Carolina, learning the Cherokee language and documenting oral traditions, religious practices, medicinal knowledge, myths, and ceremonial life.Mooney later conducted research among the Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and other Native nations and produced important studies of the Ghost Dance movement and Kiowa historical traditions. His best-known works include Myths of the Cherokee, The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890, and The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. Although his writings reflect the assumptions and terminology of nineteenth-century anthropology, the linguistic, historical, and cultural materials he recorded remain significant resources for scholars and Indigenous communities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A & D Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1934451959
• ISBN 13: 9781934451953
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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