NATV 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Propitiation, Dream Interpretation, Sarcasm
19 Oct 2018
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Rare for it to be human: on the west coast people had slaves, sometimes they would die, sometimes the mohawk would torture people until death (not really a sacrifice) Inca etc: give thanks to an animal by giving a gift to the animal that you killed. Something small, useful and given with prayer. Given as propitiation, respect, friendship, love, individual and communal: propitiate: spirits, animals and spirits of animals. If the animal was pregnant you need to share the meat of the mother with the babies. If you don"t take care of nature bad things will happen to it (if you don"t take care of the moose spirit they will be scare in the future) Not usually institutionalized: not like a church, rules vary from place to place and person to person. Power and rank vary according to tribe: every group there is one or more person who is a medicine person.
