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Автор: James Owen Dorsey
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       James Owen Dorsey

      The Siouan Cults

      (Illustrated Edition)

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      2018 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-4593-2

       Chapter I. Introduction

       Definitions of “Cult” and “Siouan”

       Siouan Family

       Authorities

       Alphabet

       Abbreviations

       Chapter II. Definitions

       Alleged Belief in a Great Spirit

       Phenomena Divided into Human and Superhuman

       Terms for “Mysterious,” “Lightning,” Etc.

       Other Omaha and Ponka Terms

       Significance of Personal Names and Kinship Terms

       Myth and Legend Distinguished from the Superhuman

       Chapter III. Cults of the Omaha, Ponka, Kansa, and Osage

       Beliefs and Practices not Found

       Omaha, Ponka, and Kansa Belief in a Wakanda

       Seven Great Wakandas

       Invocation of Warmth and Streams

       Prayer to Wakanda

       Accessories of Prayer

       Omaha and Kansa Expressions about Wakanda

       Ponka Belief About Malevolent Spirits

       An Old Omaha Custom

       The Sun a Wakanda

       The Moon a Wakanda

       Berdaches

       Stars as Wakandas

       The Winds as Wakandas

       The Thunder-Being a Wakanda

       Subterranean and Subaquatic Wakandas

       The Indaȼiñga

       Other Kansa Wakandas

       Omaha Invocations of the Trap, Etc.

       Fasting

       Mystic Trees and Plants

       Iȼa‘eȼĕ

       Personal Mystery Decorations

       Order of Thunder Shamans

       Generic Forms of Decoration

       Specific Forms of Decoration

       Corn and the Buffalo

       Other Omaha Mystery Decorations

       Kansa Mystery Decorations

       Omaha Nikie Decorations

       Omaha Nikie Customs

       Governmental Instrumentalities

       Omaha and Ponka Taboos

       Fetichism

       Sorcery

       Jugglery

       Omaha and Ponka Belief as to a Future Life