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Notes on Tongan religion

journal of the Polynesian Society30Published In 1921 • Pages: 152-163, 227-240

By: Collocott, E. E. V. (Ernest Edgar Vyvyan).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a collection of miscellaneous notes on Tongan religious practices, mythology, and gods. The author was a missionary to the Tongans. The source appears to be primarily a memory ethnography and it is based on material gathered in Tongatabu.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
Mythology
Spirits and gods
Sacred objects and places
Prayers and sacrifices
Revelation and divination
Priesthood
Ethnozoology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tongans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2006
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Polynesia
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.
Missionary
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; 1978
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
none
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)
Island of Tongatabu, Tonga
NotesAdditional notes
By E. E. V. Collocott
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
08012644
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tongans