Book
The island of menstruating men: religion in Wogeo, New Guinea
Chandler Pub. Co. • Scranton [pa.] • Published In 1970 • Pages: 15, 203
By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is an attempt at a thorough study of the religious beliefs of the Wogeo, with the objective of inspiring further research of this kind in Melanesia. Topics covered include heroes and mythology, spirits and their associated ceremonies, concepts of pollution, initiation rituals, supernatural causes of illness and death, the use of magic and sorcery, and the interrelationships of religious beliefs with social structure and ethics. The author lived in the village of Dap in the Wonevaro district, becoming so identified with the area that he had to abandon his plan of living in several different villages. In spite of his apparent close involvement with the community, he frequently emphasizes the irrationality of Wogeo religious beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dwellings
- Literary texts
- Kin relationships
- Localized kin groups
- Sorcery
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mythology
- Spirits and gods
- Purification and atonement
- Magic
- Organized ceremonial
- Ethnogeography
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wogeo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934, 1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Ian Hogbin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75118888
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Papua New Guinea--Vokeo Island
- Vokeo Island, Papua New Guinea--Religion
- Vokeo Island, Papua New Guinea