essay
The Melanesians of South Pentecost, New Hebrides
gods ghosts and men in melanesia; some religions of australian new guinea and the new hebrides • Melbourne • Published In 1965 • Pages: 250-279
By: Lane, Robert B..
Abstract
This document focuses on the religious beliefs and practices of the Sa and their connection to pigs, social organization (sibs and age-grade societies), and property.
- Subjects
- Domesticated animals
- Real property
- Leisure time activities
- Status, role, and prestige
- Age stratification
- Clans
- Sorcery
- Life and death
- General character of religion
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Animism
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Magic
- Missions
- culture
- Sa
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2019
- Field Date
- 1953-1954, 1957-1958
- Coverage Date
- 1953-1958
- Coverage Place
- south Pentecost, Penama, Vanuatu
- Notes
- R. B. Lane
- LCCN
- 66001121
- LCSH
- Sa
- South Pentecost Island (Vanuatu)