essay

An Analysis of Cherokee sorcery and witchcraft

four centuries of southern indiansAthens • Published In 1975 • Pages: 113-131

By: Fogelson, Raymond D..

Abstract
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 information gathered from informants. The author's treatment of his material is qualitative and inferential, rather than quantitative and firmly documented, but tries to put in order some facts and speculations about Cherokee sorcery and witchcraft and to place these data in perspective relative to comparable beliefs and practices in other societies (p. 117).
Subjects
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Ethics
Sorcery
Ethnosociology
Status and treatment of the aged
culture
Cherokee
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
North America
Sub Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2006
Field Date
1958-1961
Coverage Date
1800-1961
Coverage Place
North Carolina, United States
Notes
Raymond D. Fogelson
'…[O]riginally presented at the nineteenth annual meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory held in Athens, Georgia, 13-16 October 1971.'
Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131)
LCCN
73085028
LCSH
Cherokee Indians