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Tonkinese beliefs regarding the protection of children

Institut Indochinois pour l'étude de l'Homme, Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Année 19381Published In 1938 • Pages: HRAF ms.: 14 [original:75-78 ]

By: Nguyen, Văn Khoan, Stewart, Elinor.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed account of the Tonkinese practice of 'selling' children to spirits, for their protection. The author, who is with the école Française d'Extreme-Orient, presented this paper at a meeting of the Institute Indochinois pour l'étude de l'Homme in 1938.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Magical and mental therapy
Life and death
Cult of the dead
Spirits and gods
Avoidance and taboo
Magicians and diviners
Majority
Social placement
Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Indigenous Person
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.
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Thomas Maretzki ; 1952; Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
No date
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)
Northerm Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Nguyen-Van-Khoan
Translation of: [Croyances tonkinoises relatives à la protection de l'enfance]
This document consists of excerpts
Translated from the French for the HRAF files by Elinor Stewart ca. 1950
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese