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قراءة كتاب A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544

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A Study of Siouan Cults
Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544

A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS.

BY

JAMES OWEN DORSEY.

CONTENTS.

Page.
CHAPTER I.—Introduction 361
Definitions of “Cult” and “Siouan” 361
Siouan Family 361
Authorities 361
Alphabet 363
Abbreviations 364
CHAPTER II.—Definitions 365
Alleged belief in a Great Spirit 365
Phenomena divided into human and superhuman 365
Terms for “mysterious,” “lightning,” etc. 366
Other Omaha and Ponka terms 367
Significance of personal names and kinship terms 368
Myth and legend distinguished from the superhuman 368
CHAPTER III.—Cults of the Omaha, Ponka, Kansa, and Osage 371
Beliefs and practices not found 371
Omaha, Ponka, and Kansa belief in a wakanda 372
Seven great wakandas 372
Invocation of warmth and streams 372
Prayer to wakanda 373
Accessories of prayer 373
Omaha and Kansa expressions about wakanda 374
Ponka belief about malevolent spirits 374
An old Omaha custom 375
The sun a wakanda 376
Invocations 376
The offering of tobacco 377
The Ponka sun dance of 1873 378
The moon a wakanda 378
Berdaches 378
Stars as wakandas 379
The winds as wakandas 380
Invocation

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