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Eskimos, Greenland and Canada

Title
Eskimos, Greenland and Canada / by I. Kleivan and B. Sonne.
Author
Kleivan, Inge.
Publication
Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1985.

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Additional Authors
Sonne, Birgitte.
Description
ix, 43 pages, xlviii pages of plates : illustrations; 26 cm.
Summary
Includes sections on ethnographic descriptions, general observations about the religion of the Eskimos, rites of passage in the individual's life cycle, hunting rituals, ritual behaviour in social conflict, the shaman, the world picture, the Inua of the sea - the Sedna cult, other cosmic deities, fear and anxiety. Includes 48 illustrations of various rites and beliefs.
Series Statement
Iconography of religions. Section VIII, Arctic peoples ; fasc. 2
Uniform Title
Iconography of religions. Section VIII, Arctic peoples ; fasc. 2.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page vii ix (1st group)).
ISBN
  • 9004071601
  • 9789004071605
LCCN
86114195
OCLC
  • 1156628280
  • on1156628280
  • SCSB-2470557
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries