Ainu Creed & Cult

ISBN-13: 9780710305206 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 232 str.

Neil Gordon Munro; H. Watanabe; B. Z. Seligman

Opis

An account of the Ainu people and their customs. This book describes their religious beliefs, homes, ceremonies, social organization, arts, festivities and funerary practices. It establishs the intricacy of Ainu spirit beliefs and ritual pratices which dominated their culture and daily life.

Spis treści

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; THE KAMUI; THE INAU; EFFIGIES; HEARTH AND HOME; HOUSE-BUILDING RITES; THE HOUSE-WARMING CEREMONY (Chisei Nomi); THE FEAST OF ALL SOULS OR FALLING TEARS (Shinurapa); EXORCISM (Uepotara); VARIOUS RITES; DEATH AND BURIAL; SOCIAL ORGANISATION; APPENDIX I: Invocations to a Kamui for Help in Cases of Severe Illness; APPENDIX II: The Bear Ceremony.

O autorze

Neil Gordon Munro