Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande
By: by E. E. Evans-Pritchard ... with a foreword by professor C. G. Seligman ...
Publisher: The Clarendon Press
Published: 1937
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 558
Subjects: Zande (African people); Witchcraft -- Africa, Central; Oracles; Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric; Magic
Table of contents: title: Introductory. Manner in which the book is written; title: A list of terms employed in describing Zande customs and beliefs; title: An outline of Zande culture; title: Witchcraft. Witchcraft is an organic and hereditary phenomenon; title: Witchcraft-substance is revealed by autopsy; title: Other evil agents are associated with witchcraft; title: The notion of witchcraft explains unfortunate events; title: Action against witchcraft is socially controlled; title: Sufferers from misfortunes seek for witches among their enemies; title: Men bewitch others when they hate them; title: Are witches conscious agents?; title: Witchcraft and dreams; title: Witch-doctors. How witch-doctors conduct a seance; title: Zande faith in witch-doctors; title: Training of a novice in the art of a witch-doctor; title: The place of witch-doctors in Zande society; title: Oracles. The poison oracle in daily live; title: Gathering of poison; title: Consulting the poison oracle; title: Problems that arise from consultation of the poison oracle; title: Other Zande oracles; title: Magic. Good magic and sorcery; title: Magic and magicians; title: Leechcraft; title: An association for the practice of magic; title: Witchcraft, oracles, and magic, in the situation of death.