Book
Seeking life
American Folklore Society • 50 • Published In 1958 • Pages: xiv, 176
By: Laski, Vera, Collier, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, by a professional anthropologist, is a record of one of the unique ceremonies of the Tewa Indians, that of the Raingod Drama. This work is divided into three parts, the first of which presents to the researcher a general picutre of the Tewa, their kivas and sacred altars, and the ceremonial participants in the Raingod Drama. The text of the ceremony is then presented in some detail, with the role of each of the above participants clearly outlined in function and scope. The second part of the source is devoted to a psychological interpretation, of the various elements and symbols forming the body of the Raingod Drama, while the third is concerned in its entirety with the making of Tesa medicine men. Three self-explanatory appendices are also included in this document entitled respectively: Ceremonial Paraphernalia, Music and Sounds in the Raingod Ceremony, and Variations in the Raingod Ceremony.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- Spirits and gods
- Sodalities
- Literary texts
- Magical and mental therapy
- Glossary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tewa Pueblos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- John Beierle; 1961: John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1943-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1598-1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Vera Laski ; with a foreword by John Collier
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-176)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk83003196
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tewa Indians