book chapter
Navaho Upward-reaching-way: objective behavior, rationale and sanction
The University of New Mexico • 4 (2) • Published In 1943 • Pages: 47
By: Wyman, Leland Clifton, Bailey, Flora L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the Evilway ceremony for the treatment or prevention of disease or ill luck due to the influence of the ghosts of dead Navajos. For an explanation of the initials found in the text and the dates and locations of the performances described, see categories 115 or 796, pages 10-11 and 12. In addition to detailed descriptions of the ritual, the authors have also recorded the myth on which it is based.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Representative art
- Music
- Magical and mental therapy
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Natural Scientist
- Educator
- 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
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941-1942
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1942
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pinedale and Bison Springs, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Leland C. Wyman and Flora L. Bailey
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 44053694
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians