Book
Run toward the nightland: magic of the Oklahoma Cherokees
Southern Methodist University Press • Dallas • Published In 1967 • Pages:
By: Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick, Kilpatrick, Anna Gritts.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a broad survey of the magic of the Oklahoma Cherokees. The introductory discussion provides a background on the general magical concepts of the Cherokee. Subsequent chapters cover the various kinds of magic, including hunting, rain, household, travel, love, luck and war magic. Sorcery(black magic and witchcraft) is also discussed. Many of the magical texts which are to be sung are accompanied by musical scores. Very often the authors offer commentary and analysis of the incantations. This often leads to relevant discussions of Cherokee myth and symbolism. Although the analyses seem somewhat superficial and impressionistic, little more can be fairly expected of such a broad, comprehensive survey of the whole of Cherokee magic.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Spirits and gods
- Sexual stimulation
- Literary texts
- Ethnozoology
- Ethnobotany
- Magic
- Hunting and trapping
- Sorcery
- Fishing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Musician
- 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
- Christopher Latham ; John Beierle ; 1987
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Jack Frederick Kilpatrick [and] Anna Gritts Kilpatrick
- Includes melodies with words
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67019814
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians