Book
Aspects of magic in La Guajira
[s.n.] • 3 (1) • Published In 1950 • Pages: HRAF ms: iii, 180 [Original: x, 164 ]
By: Pineda Giraldo, Roberto, Muirden, Sydney Jaime.
Abstract
This document deals with religion, shamanism and magic among the Guajiro. Included in the account is information on ceremonies and rituals, charms, magico-medical practices, divination, beliefs about rain, and the initiation and training of shamans. Some material is also offered on beliefs about the spirits of the dead particularly in relation to sickness, and funerals. There is also material concerning Goajiro divinities, regulation of sexual behavior, feuds and sanctions for violation of legal norms, and beliefs about conception and factors influencing embryonic development. The author is an ethnologist who did field work among the Goajiro.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Northwestern South America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Betty Potash ; 1961; John Beierle; 2011
- Field Date
- 1947
- Coverage Date
- 1947
- Coverage Place
- La Guajira Peninsula, Colombia, South America
- Notes
- Roberto Pineda Giraldo
- Translation of: [Aspectos de la Magía en la Guajira]
- Includes bibliographical references
- Translated for the HRAF files by Sydney Muirden
- LCSH
- Goajiro Indians