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The religious life of the Khasi
Anthropos • 16 • Published In 1921 • Pages: 407-441 , plate
By: Stegmiller, P. F., Knight, Elizabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Stegmiller, an Apostolic missionary in Assam and the part of it that later became Meghalaya State, describes various aspects of the Khasi religion in this article. The article includes lists of Khasi spirits and gods and many Khasi religious taboos. Stegmiller treats in detail ceremonies related to taboos, illness, naming, and funerals. Incidental to such ceremonies are the sacrifices and divination procedures such as egg-throwing, which are adequately explained. Stegmiller also gives texts and translations of the invocations used in the ceremonies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious beliefs
- Religious practices
- Ecclesiastical organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Khasi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1956
- 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)
- Meghalaya, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- P. F. Stegmiller
- Translation of: Aus dem Religiosen Leben der Khasi.
- The original German text is not included
- Translated from the German for Human Relations Area Files by Elizabeth Knight
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khasi (Indic people)