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Cherokee healing: myth, dreams, and medicine
American Indian quarterly • 16 (2) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 237-257
By: Irwin, Lee.
Abstract
This paper analyzes Eastern Cherokee shamanism of the nineteenth century, particularly in terms of the interactions between the shaman, the patient, and the mythic powers of the Cherokee world view. Much of the material in this study comes from three primary sources: the unpublished Payne manuscripts collected in the 1830s prior to the Cherokee removal in 1838, the early ethnography collected by James Mooney in Quallatown in 1887, and the subsequent commentary on the sacred formula manuscripts undertaken by Frans Olbrechts in 1915 (p. 237). The complex array of interconnected beliefs, practices, and experiences that constitute Cherokee healing is then integrated into an overview of Cherokee cultural and religious transformations which had taken place during the period of time under study.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Religious Studies
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1830-1915
- Coverage Place
- North Carolina, United States
- Notes
- Lee Irwin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-257)
- LCCN
- 74647596
- LCSH
- Cherokee Indians