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The Amahuaca and the spirit world
Ethnology • 3 (1) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 6-11
By: Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is about spirits (yoshi) that are considered malevolent, and are associated with animals and plants also largely regarded as dangerous. Yoshi appear in dreams and are believed to cause sickness. Sorcerers use yoshi to target and harm their victims.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Sorcery
- Animism
- Spirits and gods
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amahuaca
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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.
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1961
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Atalaya and western Purús, Ucayali, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert L. Carneiro
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amahuaca Indians