book chapter
Mu-igala or the way of muu: a medicine song from the Cuna Indians of Panama
[s.n.] • Göteborg • Published In 1947 • Pages:
By: Holmer, Nils Magnus, Wassén, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Cuna song 'Mu-Igala' which is presented here with comments and explanations, is sung at severe cases of childbirth. It is valuable not only as an indication of the treatment of prolonged deliveries but also for the insight it gives into the Cuna animism. Mr. Wassén received the text from the Cuna Indian Guillermo Haya in 1945, although he arranged for its transmittal in 1935. The translation was done by Mr. Holmer and the text is presented in normalized Cuna and in English with comments on the Cuna language and translation problems. Mr. Wassén summarized the text and presents his synopses with notes interpreting the text in terms of the ideology of the Cuna and other ethnic groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Difficult and unusual births
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central America
- 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.
- 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
- Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- [Edited and translated by Nils Magnus Holmer ; Henry Wassén]
- This document consists of excerpts
- The original Cuna text is not included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53020784
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians