 The object of the winter ceremony is "to bring back the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy, to exorcise the spirit which possesses him and...  Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico - Page 227edited by - 1911 - 972 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Franz Boas, George Hunt - Social Science - 1897 - 564 pages
...MASTER. IV A, No. 575 ami 677, Royal F.lbn.>«T»phic'»l Mnfvijin, Itvrllii. Collected by A. JorolMen. of ecstasy, to exorcise the spirit which possesses...holy madness. These objects are attained by songs and by dances. In order to bring the youth back, members of all the secret societies perform their dances.... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - Folklore - 1900 - 546 pages
...supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstacy, to exorcise the spirit which possesses him and to...holy madness. These objects are attained by songs and by dances." ! The proceeding is, in fact, an adaptation of the acquisition of the manitou by the Indians... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke - Electronic journals - 1900 - 604 pages
...supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstacy, to exorcise the spirit which possesses him and to...holy madness. These objects are attained by songs and by dances." 2 The proceeding is, in fact, an adaptation of the acquisition of the manitou by the Indians... | |
 | 1907 - 1000 pages
...the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy,...remainder consisting largely of rings of cedar bark (see Hark) which constitute the badges of the ceremony. The tribes to the N. have societies and winter ceremonies... | |
 | United States - 1907 - 1028 pages
...the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy,...remainder consisting largely of rings of cedar bark (see Bark) which constitute the badges of the ceremony. The tribes to the N. have societies and winter ceremonies... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1893 - 796 pages
...the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy,...madness. These objects are attained by songs and dances. In order to bring the youth back, members of all the secret societies perform their dances. It' is... | |
 | Irving King - Religion - 1910 - 412 pages
...supposed to stay (ie to be staying) with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy," to restore him to sanity by the exorcism of songs and dances.* We wish to call especial attention to the... | |
 | Anthropology - 1914 - 722 pages
...the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy,...possesses him and to restore him from his holy madness." 3 Among the Hidatsa the right to each of a considerable number of esoteric rituals must be bought from... | |
 | Roland Burrage Dixon, Franz Boas - Anthropology - 1915 - 396 pages
...the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy,...possesses him and to restore him from his holy madness." 3 Among the Hidatsa the right to each of a considerable number of esoteric rituals must be bought from... | |
 | Christopher Bracken - History - 1997 - 288 pages
...the youth who is supposed to stay with the supernatural being who is the protector of his society, and then, when he has returned in a state of ecstasy,...possesses him and to restore him from his holy madness." The ceremonial "generally" coincides with the refund of the marriage-purchase money, for it is here... | |
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