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Symbolic elements in Navajo ritual
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 25 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 279-305
By: Lamphere, Louise.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author of this source analyzes Navajo chants 'as a system of symbols which communicate the Navajo model of the natural-supernatural world' (p. 279). The conclusion of her symbolic analysis is that 'rather than body processes being relevant to classifying the world, concepts concerning the natural-supernatural world are relevant to interpreting body processes. The study builds on theoretical work concerning ritual and symbolic processes elaborated by Edmund Leach, Victor Turner, T.O. Beidelman, and Clifford Geertz.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Magical and mental therapy
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Cosmology
- Ethnophysics
- Ethnogeography
- Sacred objects and places
- Theory of disease
- Music
- 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
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ramah, New Mexico, and near Gallup, New Mexico; United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Louise Lamphere
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians