Book
The religious system of the Amazulu: izinyanga zokubula; or, divination, as existing among the Amazulu, in their own words, with a translation into English, and notes
Trübner and Co. • London • Published In 1884 • Pages: iv, 448
By: Callaway, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a remarkable source, revealing the complex and sophisticated religious beliefs of the Zulu. The author, or rather translator, was a missionary doctor among the Zulu from 1854-1868 (see 13:Callaway). The book consists of Zulu texts accompanied by English translation and annotation covering such topics as UNKULUNKULU, or the tradition of creation; the AMATONGO, or ancestor worship; the significance of dreams and visions; and IZINYANGA ZOKUBULA, or diviners.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Interviewing in research
- Comparative evidence
- Vocabulary
- Linguistic identification
- Literary texts
- Community heads
- Sickness
- Cult of the dead
- Religious beliefs
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- Magic
- Magicians and diviners
- Missions
- 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.
- Physician
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1854-1868
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1854-1868
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- The Rev. Canon Callaway
- Literary Texts (539) was used to index the Zulu texts, Shamans and Psychotherapists (756) and/or Magicians and Diviners (791) were used to index INYANGA ZOKUBULA.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)