Book
Aspects of magic in La Guajira
[s.n.] • 3 (1) • Published In 1950 • Pages: HRAF ms: iii, 180 [Original: x, 164 ]
By: Pineda Giraldo, Roberto, Muirden, Sydney.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document deals with religion, shamanism and magic among the Guajiro. Included in the account is information on ceremonies and rituals, charms, magico-medical practices, divination, beliefs about rain, and the initiation and training of shamans. Some material is also offered on beliefs about the spirits of the dead particularly in relation to sickness, and funerals. There is also material concerning Goajiro divinities, regulation of sexual behavior, feuds and sanctions for violation of legal norms, and beliefs about conception and factors influencing embryonic development. The author is an ethnologist who did field work among the Goajiro.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Organized ceremonial
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Goajiro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwestern South America
- 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
- Betty Potash ; 1961; John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- La Guajira Peninsula, Colombia, South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roberto Pineda Giraldo
- Translation of: [Aspectos de la Magía en la Guajira]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Sydney Muirden
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Goajiro Indians