Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

About this eBook

Author

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971

Original Publication

New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1921.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Delaware Indians -- Religion

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72988

Release Date

February 19, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RELIGION AND CEREMONIES OF THE LENAPE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.RELIGION AND CEREMONIES OF THE LENAPE
6. 6.CHAPTER I Pantheon — SUPREME BEING — EVIL SPIRIT — MANĬʹTOWŬK OF THE FOUR DIRECTIONS — THE SUN — THE MOON — THE EARTH — THUNDER BEINGS — KEEPERS OF THE HEAVENS — MĬSINGHÂLIʹKŬN, OR LIVING SOLID FACE — MOTHER CORN
7. 7.CHAPTER II Minor Deities — DOLL BEING — TORNADO — SNOW BOY — COMET — EVIL MANĬʹTOWŬK — ANIMAL SPIRITS — PLANT SPIRITS — LOCAL GENII
8. 8.CHAPTER III Survival of the Soul — THE SOUL — THE LAND OF SPIRITS — GHOSTS AND MEDIUMSHIP — EARLY ACCOUNTS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Visions and Guardian Spirits — INITIATION OF BOYS — OTHER VISIONS — THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT
10. 10.CHAPTER V Unami Annual Ceremony — THE LEADER — OFFICERS — PREPARATIONS — CEREMONY COMMENCED — CHIEF’S SPEECH — RECITAL OF VISIONS — CONCLUSION OF RITES — DEPARTURE OF THE HUNTERS — PRAYER FOR THE HUNTERS — RETURN OF THE HUNTERS — NEW FIRE — USE OF CARVED DRUMSTICKS — TURTLE RATTLES — PHRATRY PRAYERS — WOMEN’S NIGHT — CONCLUSION OF CEREMONY — PAYMENT OF ATTENDANTS — FINALE — PAYMENT OF OFFICERS — VALUATION OF WAMPUM — INDIAN COMMENTS ON THE CEREMONY — Another Form of the Annual Ceremony
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Minsi Big House Ceremonies — MYTH OF ORIGIN — NUMBER OF CEREMONIES — ARRANGEMENT OF THE BIG HOUSE — PRELIMINARIES — OPENING OF THE CEREMONY — CEREMONIAL DRINK — RECITAL OF VISIONS — OTHER FEATURES — CONCLUSION OF RITES — GRAND RIVER VERSION — WAUBUNO’S VERSION
12. 12.CHAPTER VII The Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ or Mask — ORIGIN OF THE MASK, AND OF THE BIG HOUSE — MĬSIʹNGʷ‛ DANCE — OTHER FUNCTIONS OF MĬSIʹNGʷ‛ — MASKS OF THE MINSI
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII Minor Ceremonies — THE DOLL BEING — Myth of Origin — Preparations for the Ceremony — The Doll Dance — Minsi Doll Ceremony — BEAR CEREMONY — Traditional Origin — Preparations. — The Rites — OTTER CEREMONY — Myth of Origin — The Ceremony — BUFFALO DANCE — IMPORTED CEREMONIES — Skeleton Dance — Peyote Rite — Ghost Dance
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Summary — RELIGION — CEREMONIES — MINOR CEREMONIES
15. 15.NOTES
16. 16.INDEX

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