book chapter
The role of conjuring in Saulteaux society
University of Pennsylvania Press ; H. Milford, Oxford University Press • 2 • Published In 1942 • Pages: xiv, 96
By: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book deals very thoroughly with conjuring as found among the Saulteaux of Berens River, Manitoba, Canada. The activities of the conjurer in revelation, in causing and curing disease, in avoiding malevolent spirits, in increasing the food supply and products of the hunt, and in contacting the souls of the dead are discussed. The latter part of the book deals with the functions of curing as a social institution, and the reasons for the strong belief and lack of skepticism of the Saulteaux regarding this practice.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious and educational structures
- Theory of disease
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Revelation and divination
- Magicians and diviners
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ojibwa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- 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
- Alice McCloskey
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1930-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Berens River, Manitoba, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- By A. Irving Hallowell
- Omitted from the File: all front pages except title page and page facing. Pages vii, xii, 4, 18, 26, 30, 34, and 84 are blank
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-96)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 42021460
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ojibwa Indians