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Ghostly vengeance among the Luo of Kenya

Man50 • Published In 1950 • Pages: 86-87

By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).

Abstract
The author, a prominent British social anthropologist, discusses in this article the Luo belief that an aggrieved ghost will cause sickness and injury to those who wronged it in life, and the means by which its wrath could be appeased.
Subjects
Eschatology
Theory of disease
Magical and mental therapy
Revelation and divination
Purification and atonement
culture
Luo
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field Date
1936
Coverage Date
1936-1950
Coverage Place
Luoland, Kenya
Notes
by Professor E. E. Evans-Pritchard
LCCN
sf 80000548
LCSH
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)