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The use of myth as magic among the mountain tribes of the Philippines

Sovetskaëiìa çetnografiëiìa (3)Published In 1935 • Pages: 77-95

By: Barton, Roy Franklin, Kunitz, Joshua.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains the texts of a considerable body of Ifugao myths. Barton demonstrates the Ifugao use of these myths in sympathetic magic. The author attempts to correlate different types of magic with social organization. Accordingly, the Ifugao are supposed to be moving from tribal society to class society as indicated by their magical forms which are in transition from sympathetic magic to word and name magic.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Literature
Magic
Mythology
Magic
Priesthood
Organized ceremonial
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ifugao
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
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
Frank W. Moore ; Samuel C. Chu ; 1956
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1908-1914
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1908-1914
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kiangan, Bitu, Ligauwe areas, northern Luzon, Philippines
NotesAdditional notes
R. F. Barton
Translation of: Ispol'zovanie mifov kak magii u gornykh plemen filippin
The original Russian text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Joshua Kunitz
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
49034716
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ifugao (Philippine people)