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The Iroquoian concept of the soul
Journal of American folklore • 8 (28) • Published In 1895 • Pages: 107-116
By: Hewitt, J. N. B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Hewitt discusses Iroquois' ideas about the soul and its relation to the body, dreams, etc. The author discusses what the old Iroquois philosophers conceived the soul to be, and speculates on the origins of their concepts of immortality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Animism
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iroquois
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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
- article
- 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
- Alice McCloskey ; 1954
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1880-1895
- 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)
- not specified, United States and Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. N. B. Hewitt
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians