Visiting the Six Worlds: Shamanistic Journeys in Canadian Mi’kmaq Cosmology
Abstract Mi’kmaq Indians’ descriptions of journeys between worlds, as we find them in tales collected from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth, are far too complex to fit into Mircea Eliade’s model of shamanism or romantic images of Indians as being "at one with nature." T...
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crunivillinoispr:10.2307/4137640 2024-01-07T09:44:49+01:00 Visiting the Six Worlds: Shamanistic Journeys in Canadian Mi’kmaq Cosmology Hornborg, Anne-Christine 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4137640 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/article-pdf/119/473/312/1890810/4137640.pdf en eng University of Illinois Press Journal of American Folklore volume 119, issue 473, page 312-336 ISSN 0021-8715 1535-1882 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Cultural Studies journal-article 2006 crunivillinoispr https://doi.org/10.2307/4137640 2023-12-10T14:56:34Z Abstract Mi’kmaq Indians’ descriptions of journeys between worlds, as we find them in tales collected from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth, are far too complex to fit into Mircea Eliade’s model of shamanism or romantic images of Indians as being "at one with nature." The tales reveal six parallel worlds in which all types of beings belong to families, have wigwams, and search for food. The parallelism between worlds has no significance for beings living their ordinary lives, but it is of the utmost importance for understanding how differing types of beings in the stories (people, animals, supernaturals) achieve interworld journeys. The notions of cosmological deixis and perspectivism are used to explore the narratives and shed light on Mi’kmaq cosmology. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaq UI Press - University of Illinois Press (via Crossref) Journal of American Folklore 119 473 312 336 |
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Abstract Mi’kmaq Indians’ descriptions of journeys between worlds, as we find them in tales collected from the early seventeenth century to the early twentieth, are far too complex to fit into Mircea Eliade’s model of shamanism or romantic images of Indians as being "at one with nature." The tales reveal six parallel worlds in which all types of beings belong to families, have wigwams, and search for food. The parallelism between worlds has no significance for beings living their ordinary lives, but it is of the utmost importance for understanding how differing types of beings in the stories (people, animals, supernaturals) achieve interworld journeys. The notions of cosmological deixis and perspectivism are used to explore the narratives and shed light on Mi’kmaq cosmology. |
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Visiting the Six Worlds: Shamanistic Journeys in Canadian Mi’kmaq Cosmology |
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