Bantu Beliefs and Magic
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Bantu Beliefs and Magic

Rites and Custom Among the Kikuyu

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eBook - ePub

Bantu Beliefs and Magic

Rites and Custom Among the Kikuyu

About this book

Kikuyu and Kamba belief recorded by a colonial officer who spent thirty years in the country and asked rather than assumed - the oaths, the clans, the medicine men and the ceremonies. Hobley's notes remain a source for East African ethnography. This edition is bound with a gallery of 43 plates of painting, among them works by Ary Scheffer, Camille Pissarro and Théodore Géricault, and includes 16 in-text illustrations restored and coloured for this volume.

Information

Publisher
Aeneas Press
Year
2026
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9785486115936
Subtopic
Folklore & Mythology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. Natural Religion. Introductory
  6. Chapter I. Spirit Beliefs
  7. Chapter II. Sacrifice
  8. Chapter III. Sacred Stones or Village Shrines in Kikuyu
  9. Chapter IV. The Firstfruits of the Harvest, Also Planting Ceremonial
  10. Chapter V. Circumcision Ceremonial
  11. Chapter VI. Death and Burial Ceremonial
  12. Chapter VII. The Curse and Its Manifestations. (a) Thahu and its Connection with Circumcision Rites, etc.
  13. (b) Purification and Blessing
  14. (c) The Dying Curse
  15. Chapter VIII. Superstitions Regarding Children and Women
  16. Magic. Introductory
  17. Chapter I. The Guild of Smiths in Kikuyu and Ukamba
  18. Chapter II. The Evil Eye
  19. Chapter III. Kikuyu Magic and Magicians
  20. Chapter IV. Miscellaneous Magical Practices
  21. Miscellaneous. Introductory
  22. Chapter I. The Constitution and Working of Councils Among the Kikuyu
  23. Chapter II. Laws of Compensation for Murder
  24. Chapter III. Ceremonial Oaths
  25. Chapter IV. War and Peace
  26. Chapter V. Miscellaneous Customs and Beliefs
  27. Sundry Beliefs
  28. Chapter VI. Legends
  29. Chapter VII. Dances
  30. Chapter VIII. Women as a Factor in Tribal Organisation
  31. Chapter IX. Some General Remarks
  32. Chapter X. East Africa After the War
  33. L’envoi
  34. Glossary
  35. Index
  36. About the Author

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