essay
New notes on the astronomical ideas of the Somalis
Somalia, scritti vari editi ed inediti • 1 • Published In 1957 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 14 [original: 219-227 ]
By: Cerulli, Enrico, Biancani, Piero.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief article concerned with the Somali solar year. The author describes the cultural beliefs associated with the Somali annual time cycle as well as a detailed description of two methods used by the Migiurtini Somali to calculate their solar year. Attention is paid to computations of time based on observation of celestial bodies. He analyses the seasonal and astrological terminology of several Somali groups, noting the affinity and variations between them.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ordering of time
- 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: Nuovi appunti sulle nozioni astronomiche dei Somali.
- 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