Washo Religion
by James F. Downs
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About this eBook
- Author
- Downs, James F., 1923-1999
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Washoe Indians -- Religion
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31429
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31429
- Release Date
- February 27, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Contents — Preface — Introduction — Mythology
- 2.Water Babies
- 3.The Giants
- 4.The Coyote And Other Figures — Curing And Shamanism (2469-2541)
- 5.Noncurative Use Of Power (2567-2593)
- 6.Divining And Rainmaking (2553-2556, 2566)
- 7.Objects Of Power
- 8.Sorcery And Witchcraft (2562-2564)
- 9.War Power
- 10.Summary Of Shamanism — Dreams And Dreamers (2566) — Ritual Activities
- 11.Conception And Contraception
- 12.Birth (2178-2293)
- 13.Puberty: Girls (2305-2352)
- 14.Puberty: Boys (2379-2386, 369-374)
- 15.Marriage (2018-2051)
- 16.Death (2389-2453) — Ritual In Subsistence
- 17.Hunting
- 18.Fishing (252a-296)
- 19.Miscellaneous Concepts About Hunting And Fishing
- 20.Gathering — Miscellaneous Ritual — Influence Of Christianity — Bibliography — Footnotes
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