Book
Paiute sorcery
The Viking Fund Inc. • (15) • Published In 1950 • Pages: 110
By: Whiting, Beatrice Blyth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this monograph the author describes the mechanisms of social control used in regulating interpersonal relationships within the family and band of the Northern Paiute. Her attention is primarily focused upon sorcery (including the fear of sorcery and the fear of sorcery accusations), shamanistic curing and native theories of sickness. In the final chapter she has compared the conclusions derived from this study with those derived from a cross-cultural study of sorcery in fifty other societies in the world. An appendix of supplementary ethnographic notes has been added.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sorcery
- Theory of disease
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Sacred objects and places
- Family relationships
- Dwellings
- Normal garb
- Tools and appliances
- Marriage
- Reproduction
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northern Paiute
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- 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
- Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962: John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1860-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Harney Valley Paiute, Burns, Oregon, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Beatrice Blyth Whiting ; [Ralph Linton, editor]
- Thesis--Yale
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 50014458
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paiute Indians--Social life and customs
- Indian magic