Book
Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • (19) • Published In 1921 • Pages: 249 , plates
By: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analysis and description of Delaware ceremonial based on information collected by the author mainly in Oklahoma between 1907 and 1910, with some additional data coming from the Canadian Delaware. Material is presented on the pantheon, minor deities, survival of the soul, visions and guardian spirits, the Unami annual ceremony, the Minsi big house ceremonies, the mask, and various minor ceremonies. The study concludes with a summary of the religion and ceremonies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Religious and educational structures
- Representative art
- Dance
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Delaware
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1907-1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- seventeenth century-1910
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oklahoma, United States; Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- M.R. Harrington
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 21019423
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians