Ritual and belief in Morocco

Westermarck, Edward

book chapter

Ritual and belief in Morocco

Macmillan and Co. • London • Published In 1926 • Pages:

By: Westermarck, Edward.

Abstract
This source was written by an ethnologist on the basis of seven years of field work undertaken in twenty-one journeys to Morocco. In the case of the Rif, the author worked through informants and did not actually visit the area he describes. Although the value of Westermarck's materials has been questioned by some, his material is cited frequently in the literature. Despite the fact that many of his data were not based on direct observation, his long residence in the area gives them some weight. The work has been excerpted since only a relatively small portion of it pertains to the Central Rif. The material includes data on the sanctity of objects, places and persons, information on sorcery and the ceremonial cycle, and sections on luck, funeral custom, ethnozoology, and ethnobotany. Westermarck's complicated system of phonetic transcription of native words has been omitted in the HRAF text.

Cosmology

Magical and mental therapy

Organized ceremonial

Sacred objects and places

Magic

Spirits and gods

Luck and chance

Prayers and sacrifices

Purification and atonement

Infant feeding

Berbers of Morocco

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