Book
Zulu thought-patterns and symbolism
Swedish Institute of Missionary Research • Uppsala • Published In 1976 • Pages: 402
By: Berglund, Axel-Ivar.
Abstract
This source is a study of Zulu ritual beliefs and practices presented from the Zulu point of view. In order to present the Zulu point of view, the author quotes extensively from conversations and interviews he had with Zulu diviners and others and presents materials in a descriptive rather than analytic fashion. The main topics covered by the study are beliefs about spirits and divinities, diviners and divination, witchcraft and sorcery, ritual practices, and symbolism and dualism in Zulu thought.
- Subjects
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Domesticated animals
- Alcoholic beverages
- Pharmaceuticals
- Personal grooming
- Elimination
- Lineages
- Sorcery
- Medical therapy
- Medical personnel
- Life and death
- Cult of the dead
- Religious beliefs
- Religious practices
- Magicians and diviners
- Organized ceremonial
- Ideas about nature and people
- culture
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnographer
- Missionary
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Martin Malone ; 1979
- Field Date
- 1959-1970
- Coverage Date
- 1959-1970
- Coverage Place
- Mapumulo Village, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Notes
- [by] Axel-Ivar Berglund
- Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Cape Town
- Footnotes appear at the end of each chapter and have only been indexed for categories when they contain important information. The footnotes may be found in Information Sources Listed In Other Works (113).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-396) and index
- LCCN
- 76365364
- LCSH
- Zulu (African people)