Book
The Psyche of the Garos
Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India • (12) • Published In 1966 • Pages: ix, 122
By: Sinha, Tarunchandra.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Sinha takes a narrow psychoanalytical approach in discussing Garo culture, finding incestuous desires in myths and the NOPANTHE, or bachelor dormitory system, and fear of castration in Garo totemism and fear of blood. Nevertheless he does give fair accounts of bachelor dormitories, marriage, funeral rites, spirits of the dead (MIMANG), headhunting, and sexual practices. He also provides full treatments of several creation and origin myths and a list of 42 gods (METTE), along with the kinds of sickness and cures (sacrifices) associated with them.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Recreational structures
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936-1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1936-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dr. Tarunchandra Sinha
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sa 68010562
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)