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Mythology and Folk Belief in the Maintenance of Jicarilla Apache Tribal Endogamy
Journal of American folklore • 60 • Published In 1947 • Pages: 126-129
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source shows how various forms of social pressure are applied in an attempt to enforce tribal endogamy. Within the Jicarilla Apache system, alien peoples are classified by mythological origin and are associated with particular animals and birds. Marriage or sexual relations between the Jicarilla and a member of the alien group dooms the Jicarilla to become the animal or bird associated with their partner’s group. This may occur at or before death and may affect the nature of the Jicarilla’s ghost. Another reason to avoid marital or sexual relations with ‘outsiders’ is the belief that diseases develop as the result of contracting worms at contact.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Morbidity
- Regulation of marriage
- Social control
- Theory of disease
- Ethnozoology
- Sexual intercourse
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; M. A. Marcus ; 1985
- 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
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jicarilla Indians