Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association Volume 2 by American Association
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Author: American Association
Number of Pages: 128 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781231200605
Download Link: Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association Volume 2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... him a sacred song. There was no way of determining beforehand what the guardian spirit would be, although it seems probable that if the watcher was very desirous of having a certain one he could induce that spirit to enter his dream by keeping his mind fixed upon it. Suggestion and hypnotism evidently played an important part. Many watchers failed in obtaining a guardian spirit; this was because they allowed their minds to wander, because they became homesick, or tried to while the time away by noticing unimportant objects. It was considered very sacrilegious for a child to deliberately make up a sacred song or pretend that a certain animal was his guardian spirit. Such a proceeding would arouse the enmity rather than the protection of the animal concerned. One of the myths describes the Beaver and the Muskrat killing a boy who used their names in his song without their permission. The child kept up the vigil till the animal appeared in the dream or, at most, until five days had elapsed. He then went home, but told no person of the result of his mission. The first occasion that the public had to guess the nature of the guardian spirit was when the boy sang a new song at the Guardian Spirit dance. There was no regular time for the occurrence of this dance, however. There was a close feeling of friendship and intimacy between those who had the same guardian spirit, and a certain amount of cooperation in the Guardian Spirit dance; but there was no organization that partook of the nature of a secret society. There were restrictions about killing the animal that served as guardian spirit. Sometimes it could be killed only in a certain way and sometimes only at a certain time. Killing was done only when necessary. For example, a boy who had dreamed of the deer c...
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