Die Eingeborenen Australiens und der Südseeinseln

Name: Die Eingeborenen Australiens und der Südseeinseln
Author: Thurnwald

1927

by Thurnwald

AnthropologyRichard ThurnwaldHerbert SpencerProperty RightsSlavery

Table of Contents · 20 segments

Title Page, Contents, and Comparative Introductionchapter

Australian Power-Objects: Tjurunga, Kuntanka, and Dangerous Stoneschapter

Australian Avoidance Bans around Sacred Objects and Initiation Ornamentschapter

Kangaroo Cult Rite and Tjurunga Songs among the Arandachapter

Papua-Melanesian Myths Explaining the Origin of Deathchapter

Kupi, Ancestor Spirits, and Pig Feasts in Central New Guineachapter

Papua-Melanesian Power Carriers: Life-Stones, Omens, and Secret-Society Plant Tabooschapter

Kai Concepts of Life-Force and Soul-Substancechapter

Sorcery and Fetishism: Soul-Substance, Fetishes, and Mana Objectschapter

Avoidance Bans in Central New Guineachapter

Creator and Culture Heroes among the Kaichapter

How Taro and Yams Came from Tantauessay

Soi of Alu and the Origin of Proper Canoe Buildingessay

Tom and the Bangara Spirit in Choiseulessay

Possession, Shark Transformation, and Divination in San Cristovalessay

The Marind-anim Majo Coconut Palm Cultchapter

Mana among Polynesians and Melanesianstheoretical

Maori Tapu, Tapa, Asylum, and Makututheoretical

Prayers and Incantations from Yapchapter

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