essay
Religion and folklore
Bushmen : San hunters and herders of southern Africa • Cape Town And Pretoria • Published In 1978 • Pages: 162-172
By: Biesele, Megan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
According to the author there are great cultural variations among the various San groups in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola. This document discusses some of these variations with particular reference to religion and folklore, with the point of ethnic reference being the !Kung San.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Dance
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Magical and mental therapy
- General character of religion
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- 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 ; 1988
- 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)
- Namibia, Botswana, Angola
- NotesAdditional notes
- Megan Biesele
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79302323
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)