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Amhara traditions of knowledge : spirit mediums and their clients

Title
  1. Amhara traditions of knowledge : spirit mediums and their clients / Harald Aspen.
Published by
  1. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2001.
Author
  1. Aspen, Harald.

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Description
  1. xviii, 270 pages : map; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Aethiopistische Forschungen, 0170-3196 ; Bd. 58
Uniform title
  1. Äthiopistische Forschungen ; Bd. 58.
Subject
  1. Äthiopische Kirche
  2. Amhara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
  3. Amhara (African people) > Religion
  4. Philosophy, Amhara
  5. Spirit possession > Ethiopia
  6. Spirit possession
  7. Manners and customs
  8. Animismus
  9. Geisterglaube
  10. Kult
  11. Sozialanthropologie
  12. Spiritismus
  13. Geesten
  14. Ethiopia > Social life and customs
  15. Ethiopia
  16. Äthiopien
Contents
  1. Theoretical analysis and the empirical world -- The problem : a literature review -- The history of Ethiopia and northern Sh©Þwa -- Local expressions of the big tradition -- Possession, cure, and punishment -- The bal©Þ weqabi practice : the case of Engeda -- The clients and their dialgoues with the spirits -- Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-Trondheim) under the title: "Spirits, mediums and human worlds. The Amahara peasants of the north Ethiopian highlands and their traditions ... ".
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-268) and index.