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Skokomish sorcery, ethics, and society
Systems of North American witchcraft and sorcery • (1) • Published In 1970 • Pages: 147-182
By: Elmendorf, William W. (William Welcome).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study reconstructs the practice of sorcery or harmful magic in traditional Skokomish culture, based on incidents related by aged informants. Themes covered include: the statuses of those practicing harmful magic; the perceived roles of magical victimizing in inter-personal and inter-community relations; and what happened to such practices with of the arrival of missionaries and increased acculturation to the dominant white settler culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sorcery
- Magic
- Revelation and divination
- Animism
- Spirits and gods
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Theory of disease
- Offenses against the person
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medical therapy
- Ethnopsychology
- Transmission of beliefs
- Religious offenses
- Traditional history
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Southern Coast Salish
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Skokomish Reservation, Mason county, Washington, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William W. Elmendorf
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 182)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 71032303
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Southern Coast Salish Indians