The Qemant; : a pagan-Hebraic peasantry of Ethiopia,
- Author/Creator:
- Gamst, Frederick C.
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1969]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- The Qemant; : a pagan-Hebraic peasantry of Ethiopia, / by Frederick C. Gamst
- Series Titles:
- Case studies in cultural anthropology
Case studies in cultural anthropology.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Are the Qemant peasants? --
The dynamics of Agaw culture history --
The Ethiopic civilization --
The Southward Movement of Ethiopic civilization --
The Agaw reaction to culture contact --
The emergence of the Abyssinian Feudal State --
Modern Ethiopia --
The Qemant communities and their setting --
Ties between the Qemant and Ethiopia --
The Pagan-Hebraic religion --
Religion and the Qemant --
The religion of the Ancestral Agaw peoples --
Off to visit the Wambar of Chelga --
The Qemant Pantheon --
Saytan --
Spirits and practitioners outside the Qemant Pantheon and priesthood --
Zar, a personal spirit
Political organization --
The Wambar as the final arbiter --
Qemant kinship terminology --
Production in the Qemant economy --
The life cycle of Mezgana's people --
Qenona, the rite of passage into Qemant Society --
The marriage of Malke and Kababush --
The status of venerated elder and Kasa --
The Lamentation, the rite of passage from Qemant Society --
The Tazkar, the Second funeral --
Cultural change and the Qemant --
Initial amharization and stabilized pluralism.
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Kemants
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Are the Qemant peasants? -- The dynamics of Agaw culture history -- The Ethiopic civilization -- The Southward Movement of Ethiopic civilization -- The Agaw reaction to culture contact -- The emergence of the Abyssinian Feudal State -- Modern Ethiopia -- The Qemant communities and their setting -- Ties between the Qemant and Ethiopia -- The Pagan-Hebraic religion -- Religion and the Qemant -- The religion of the Ancestral Agaw peoples -- Off to visit the Wambar of Chelga -- The Qemant Pantheon -- Saytan -- Spirits and practitioners outside the Qemant Pantheon and priesthood -- Zar, a personal spirit
Political organization -- The Wambar as the final arbiter -- Qemant kinship terminology -- Production in the Qemant economy -- The life cycle of Mezgana's people -- Qenona, the rite of passage into Qemant Society -- The marriage of Malke and Kababush -- The status of venerated elder and Kasa -- The Lamentation, the rite of passage from Qemant Society -- The Tazkar, the Second funeral -- Cultural change and the Qemant -- Initial amharization and stabilized pluralism. - Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xii, 128 pages : illustrations, map. ; 24 cm
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990013030290302486
- OCLC Number:
- 332811
00332811 - Barcode:
- 000015106759
000011210675
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