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Cherokee notions of poweressay 1977 • Fogelson, Raymond D.
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
Anthropological considerations of what constitutes power tend to focus on one or two areas of investigation. One of these is oriented toward native ideas of personal or impersonal mystical energy, a mana-like force believed to imbue phenomena, person...An Analysis of Cherokee sorcery and witchcraftessay 1975 • Fogelson, Raymond D.
Cherokee • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This study is an atttempt to understand some aspects of the larger structure of Cherokee witchcraft and sorcery beliefs by examining culturally recognized categories of witches and sorcerers. The material presented here combines documentary data with...