Book
Ainu life and lore: echoes of a departing race
Kyobunkwan • Tokyo • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Batchelor, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document contains Ainu ethnographic data and an extensive sample of their myths, legends and folk tales. It is based on the author's observations and experiences among the Ainu people for about fifty years as an English missionary. This document provides a rich document to analyze ethnopsychology (especially their conception of self, scapegoat mechanism) and religion (their theory of supernaturals, relationshipp of men to supernaturals, their religious practices, eschatology, etc.) The author presents the folklore in the native social context and in a narrative style. He introduces his informants in length and their attitudes and reactions toward their stories. His own views and 'bias' are also stated explicitly. Thus, the style of writing enhances the objectivity and the usability of data for research.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literature
- General character of religion
- Mythology
- Ethnopsychology
- Personal grooming
- Spirits and gods
- External relations
- Cult of the dead
- Revelation and divination
- Verbal arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ainu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Hesung Chun Koh ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1877-1924
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1877-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] John Batchelor
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28020111
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ainu