The threshold of the Pacific an account of the social organization magic and religion of the people of San Cristoval in the Salomon Islands
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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London :
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.,
1924.
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| Colección: | The History of Civilization
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The Arosi District
- The Bauro District
- Kahua and Ugi
- Santa Anna and Santa Catalina
- Spiritual Beings-Hi'ona or Figona
- Prayers and Charms
- Spiritual beings-adaro Ghosts
- Sacrifices and shrines
- Spiritual beings-adaro spirits
- Kakamora tales
- Masai tales
- Wonder tales
- Birth and childhood
- Children's games and customs
- Marriage
- Death and burial
- Religion, medicine, and magic
- Beliefs about animals
- A cult of trees
- Stone work
- The chiefs
- Property
- Fighting
- Feasts
- Notes on various beliefs and customs
- Ulawa and arosi
- The cultural history of San Cristoval.