The Crime of Manabozo
On the explanation here given of the nature of the trickster, as the projection in myth of the magical violator of taboo, the contradictory features he presents may be elucidated one by one. A secondary feature, hitherto ignored in the Algonkin trickster myth—namely, Manabozo's brother's d...
| Published in: | American Anthropologist |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1973
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/aa.1973.75.3.02a00020 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Faa.1973.75.3.02a00020 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/aa.1973.75.3.02a00020 |
| Summary: | On the explanation here given of the nature of the trickster, as the projection in myth of the magical violator of taboo, the contradictory features he presents may be elucidated one by one. A secondary feature, hitherto ignored in the Algonkin trickster myth—namely, Manabozo's brother's death—is shown to conceal the ritual murder of a near‐kinsman committed in order to obtain magical power for the benefit of the group. |
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