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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Lewis, I. M.
Title:
Dualism in Somali notions of power
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great
Britain and Ireland -- Vol. 93
Published By: Original publisher
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great
Britain and Ireland -- Vol. 93
London: The Institute. 1963. 109-116 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by I. M. Lewis
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1997. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Somali (MO04)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ingroup antagonisms (578);
Sorcery (754);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Somali distinguish sharply between secular and religious
power. Feuds between lineages and DIA-paying groups are decided through physical fighting.
The victory of a group is never attributed to supernatural power but plainly to superior
strength in number of warriors. Religious power is considered to be purely a matter of men
of religion (sheikhs and waadads) who at least ideally are not involved in feuds and
fighting. Through their religious power they are able to call blessings on people from God,
which the average man, as warrior, can do insufficiently, only. Sorcery is of little
significance amongst the Somali, who apparently due to their pre-occupation with physical
fighting have little need for means of spiritual aggression. Cursing is, however, feared
from Sab-bondsmen, who, as a numerically small and economically dependent group, can never
take up physical fighting against a Somali-group.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
29
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
mo04-029
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1955-1957
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Ethnologist-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; Sigrid Khera ; 1970-1974
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
not specified
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern
Ethiopia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Somalis
