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Paviotso shamanism
American anthropologist, n.s. • 36 • Published In 1934 • Pages: 98-113
By: Park, Willard Z. (Willard Zerbe), d. 1965.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper the author discusses shamanism as found among the Paviotso at the time of contact and at the ethnographic present (1933). The main topics discussed are the acquisition of spirit power, shamanistic curing, magical powers of shamans such as weather control and the accusations of sorcery directed against shamans.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northern Paiute
- 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
- Southwest and Basin
- 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
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Willard Z. Park
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paiute Indians