Book
La religion et la magie Songhay
Presses universitaires de France • Paris • Published In 1960 • Pages:
By: Rouch, Jean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This comprehensive French language account of Songhai religion begins with the many regional and historical influences that have added to the corpus of Songhai cults and deities. The author also discusses the cosmology, myths, and magic associated with various possession and healing ceremonies. The book includes eight end plates of drawings and photographs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- Magical and mental therapy
- General character of religion
- Animism
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Theological systems
- Revelation and divination
- Magic
- Magicians and diviners
- Priesthood
- Religious denominations
- Ethnogeography
- Ethnoanatomy
- Ethnopsychology
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Songhai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941-1942, 1947-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1941-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tillabéri region, Niger
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jean Rouch
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- ltf90002308
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Songhai (African people)