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The Work of the Gods in Tikopia
Raymond Firth
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First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the performances of 1928-9 with those witnessed by Professor Firth on his second visit to Tikopia in 1952. There is a specially written Epilogue on the final eclipse of the traditional ritual, based on a third visit by the author during the summer of 1966.

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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
292

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Subjects
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people), Rites and ceremonies, Tikopia (Peuple des îles Salomon), Rites et cérémonies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Places
Polynesia, Polynésie

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Table of Contents

1.
General character of the work of the Gods -- -- 2.
throwing the firestick -- -- 3.
Ritual of the sacred canoes -- -- 4.
The work of the yam -- -- 5.
Re-carpeting the ancestral temples -- -- 6.
Freeing the land -- -- 7.
The proclamation at Rarokoka -- -- 8.
The dance to quell the wind -- -- 9.
The dance of the flaming fire -- -- 10.
Deserted Gods in Takarito -- -- 11.
The work of Somosomo and Fiora -- -- 12.
The ritual extraction of turmeric -- -- 13.
The final rites.

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Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).

Raymond Firth is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Dewey Decimal Class
299/.9
Library of Congress
GN473

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Pagination
1 online resource (292 pages)
Number of pages
292

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44034882M
ISBN 10
1000324656, 100313615X, 1000321231, 1000323536
ISBN 13
9781000324655, 9781003136156, 9781000321234, 9781000323535
OCLC/WorldCat
1239007082

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