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Sacrifice and sacrificial customs of the Khasi

Mitteilungen Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien • 54 • Published In 1924 • Pages: 211-231 , plates [HRAF ms.: 1-42]

By: Stegmiller, P. F., Knight, Elizabeth.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Stegmiller, former Apostolic Missionary of Assam including the part that later became Meghalaya State, characterizes the religion of the Khasi and describes the various types and occasions for scarifices. He records a description of the initiation rites of the LYNGDOH, or officiating priest. Egg-throwing, a popular method of divination in all types of sacrifices is described in this article.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Prayers and sacrifices

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

Helen Takacs ; 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: Opfer und Opferbräuche 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)