Book
Zulu thought-patterns and symbolism
Swedish Institute of Missionary Research • Uppsala • Published In 1976 • Pages: 402
By: Berglund, Axel-Ivar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- 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
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Martin Malone ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1959-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mapumulo Village, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional 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
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76365364
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)