Book
The Character and Derivation of the Jicarilla Holiness Rite
University of New Mexico Press • 4 (3) • Published In 1943 • Pages: 8, 98 , 1 plate
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed description of the Jicarilla Bear Dance, or, as Opler prefers to call it, the Holiness Rite which is a ceremony of curing; associated primarily with diseases caused by Bear and Snake. The author analyzes the various elements of the ceremony, describes its mythological background, and concludes the work with brief descriptions of similar ceremonies among other non-Jicarilla groups. These comparative data, from the standpoint of the Jicarilla file, have been filed only in Category 171 (distributional evidence).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Mythology
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jicarilla Apache
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jicarilla Apache Reservation; New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Morris Edward Opler
- Possible multiple OWC-comparitive material
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jicarilla Indians