essay
The lunar stations in the astronomical ideas of the Somalis and the Danaki
Somalia, scritti vari editi ed inediti • 1 • Published In 1957 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 13 [original: 211-218 ]
By: Cerulli, Enrico, Biancani, Piero.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article contains an analysis and comparison of the beliefs of the Somali and the Danakil concerning astrological lunar stations. The author probes the etymology of both the Somali and the Danakil names for these lunar stations, examines varied popular beliefs about the lunar stations, and offers a historical reconstruction in which he points to common Cushitic and ancient Arabic origins of the Somali and Danakil beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnometeorology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Somali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Lawyer
- Social Scientist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Irving Rosenthal ; John Beierle ; 1971-1972
- 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)
- Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Enrico Cerulli
- Translation of: Le stazione lunari nelle nozioni astronomiche dei Somali e dei Danakil.
- The original Italian text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Piero Biancani
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60024993
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis