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Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social Values of African Peoples
出版Lit, 1999
主題Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN38258356779783825835675
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ng4tAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋" This volume consists of nine studies, each describing the world outlook of an African people as expressed in their myths of creation, traditions of origin, and religious beliefs. The studies are concerned with such widely divergent systems of thought as the complex metaphysical system of the Dogon of French West Africa, the magical cults of the Abuluyia of Kenya, the religious practices of the Lele of Kasai, in which the forest plays a dominant part, the secret societies of the Mende, and the ancestor cult of the Ashanti. The authors show how closely concepts of the divine ordering of the universe are related to the organization of society and the everyday activities of men, so that the enthronement of a king or chief, the brewing of beer, the building of a granary, the organization of a hunt, all have symbolic significance and are accompanied by appropriate rituals. The wealth of imagery and symbolism displayed in many of these myths, and the subtlety of the metaphysical concepts, w