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Spirit mediumship in Upper Egypt
Anthropos • 102 • Published In 2007 • Pages: 403-419
By: Hopkins, Nicholas S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the religious life of rural villagers in Upper Egypt as observed in 1930s. The focus is on spirit mediums whose world view combine elements of both traditional religions and Islam. Based on the life of a male spirit medium who was studied by a German anthropologist in 1930s, the article observes important patterns relating to the processes through which a person could (or could not) become a spirit medium.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magical and mental therapy
- Revelation and divination
- Cult of the dead
- Ecstatic religious practices
- General character of religion
- Magicians and diviners
- Community structure
- Settlement patterns
- Morbidity
- Religious denominations
- Domesticated animals
- Religious experience
- Burial practices and funerals
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Family relationships
- Spirits and gods
- Life history materials
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-2006
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-2006
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Egypt, Kiman village in Upper Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nicholas S. Hopkins
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-419)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 07021775
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peasantry--Egypt
- Egypt--Social life and customs