book chapter
The eternal ones of the dream: a psychoanalytic interpretation of Australian myth and ritual
International Universities Press • New York • Published In 1945 • Pages: xiii, 270 , 4 plates
By: Róheim, Géza.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book Róheim argues for the psycho-sexual symbolism in myths, churinga, initiation and totemic increase rituals, and the use of blood by citing evidence from several Australian and Oceanic ethnic groups along with clinical dream material and dream associations from these groups and from Europeans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personality development
- Mythology
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aranda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Australia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- WAB ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Australia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Géza R
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83672582
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aranda (Australian people)