essay
'Old Man' and the father image in Blood (Blackfoot) society
Psychoanalysis and culture, essays in honor of Geza Roheim • New York • Published In 1967 • Pages: 132-141
By: Goldfrank, Esther Schiff.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Esther Goldfrank argues that the emergence of the 'Old Man' creator figure in Blackfoot mythology as a malevolent trickster represents the means by which unprivileged (non-minipoka) or neglected sons express their normally repressed feelings of aggression toward their fathers. Goldfrank offers a plausible explanation for what appears to be a contradiction in mythical themes by demonstrating how the dual nature of Old Man draws its significance from the actual experience of Blackfeet who resolve, in the realm of symbols, conflicts which cannot be so dealt with in real life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Status of children
- Reviews and critiques
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Blackfoot
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- 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.
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; J. Beierle ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1939
- 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)
- Blood Reserve, southwestern Alberta, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Esther S. Goldfrank
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kainah Indians