Book
Human-wolves among the Navaho
Human Relations Area Files Press • (11) • Published In 1970 • Pages: 43
By: Morgan, William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this excellent study based on interviews within an extended family, Morgan discusses stories about 'human-wolves' and relates the beliefs and 'delusions' regarding werewolves and witches to underlying anxieties in the Navajo family. According to Morgan, witchcraft is a screen for aggressive feelings and acts, and the fears associated with such aggression. In most stories the man is the witch and the woman, the victim. In Freudian terms these stories acan be interpreted as expressing a man's sexual agression against his mother. Morgan considers this but goes further and sees other tensions and repressed impulses in the Navajo household. He discuses each story on a case by case basis, noting the different kinds of stories and how they become embellished.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Adjustment processes
- Verbal arts
- Sorcery
- Mythology
- 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
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1933
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1933
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Talking Rock, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] William Morgan
- Reprint of the 1936 ed.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72118244
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians