essay
When a ghost becomes a god
Religion and ritual in Chinese society • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 193-206
By: Harrell, Stevan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay presents a discussion of the nature and characteristics of the two basic categories of Taiwanese supernatural beings, SIN (gods) and KUI (ghosts). Taiwanese forms of worship of these two types of beings are described, and the circumstances in which KUI may become recategorized as SIN are examined in some detail.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cult of the dead
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Taiwan Hokkien
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- David Sherwood
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Taipei Basin (p.193), Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- C. Stevan Harrell
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese