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Snake worship among the Nayars of South India
Man in India • 36 • Published In 1956 • Pages: 132-139
By: Mehra, J. D..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents general information on the beliefs and practices of snake worship among the Nayar caste. It discusses the distribution of the "snake cult" in India, general beliefs about snakes that have brought about their deification, and the concomitant establishment of shrines, temples and sacred groves as places of worship. Ceremonies of worship are described, both on the community and household levels.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Castes
- Lineages
- Provinces
- Polygamy
- Residence
- Family relationships
- Nuclear family
- Kinship regulation of sex
- Regulation of marriage
- Cult of the dead
- Sex and marital offenses
- Extended families
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle; 1966
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. D. Mehra
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sa 64000670
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kerala (India)