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The Religious beliefs of the Abkhasians
Georgica • 1 (4) • Published In 1937 • Pages: 117-153
By: Janashia, N. S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article represents a revision in 1914 of materials collected ca. 1900 in the village of Adzvibzha in southern Abkhasia (the province of Abzhua). The author describes the gods of the Abkhaz and the religious ceremonies connected with them. The discussion follows the established order of church festivals, centering around the four chief holidays of the year (the New Year, Easter, the Assumption, and Christmas).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Spirits and gods
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Abkhazians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caucasus
- 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.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1900
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Adzvibzha, Abkhaz Republic, Georgia
- NotesAdditional notes
- N. S. Janashia
- This is a translation of the article published in 'Khristianski Vostok+, The Christian East, Petrograd, 1915, vol. iv, No. 1, pp. 72-112.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 39023094
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Abkhazians