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The Karīn and Karīneh
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 56 • Published In 1926 • Pages: 163-169
By: Blackman, Winifred S. (Winifred Susan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals with the belief in a 'double' (which is born with every human being) and its characteristics. Since a 'double' may cause the illness of a person or his children, there are various cures and precautions which are discussed. The author's field work was done in Middle and Upper Egypt, mostly among women.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magicians and diviners
- Spirits and gods
- Magic
- Revelation and divination
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Life and death
- Magical and mental therapy
- Preventive medicine
- Pregnancy
- Cultural participation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fellahin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1923
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1923-1926
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Winifred S. Blackman
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peasantry--Egypt
- Egypt--Social life and customs