Creek religion and medicine
by John Reed Swanton
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"Weaving together a wide array of historical sources with oral accounts gathered from fieldwork, this study provides a valuable overview of traditional Creek (Muskogee) religion and medicine. John R. Swanton visited the Creek Nation in the early twentieth century and learned about many important aspects of Creek religious life and medicine.
Subjects covered in this book include Creek conceptions of the cosmos; religious stories; death and the afterlife; spiritual forces and beings; various rituals, including the Busk ceremony; prohibitions; the power and skills of different religious practitioners; the cultural force of witchcraft; and herbal and spiritual remedies. Many of these beliefs and practices have been present throughout Creek history and persist today.
Creek Religion and Medicine showcases the vibrant culture of an enduring southeastern Native people."--BOOK JACKET.
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Creek religion and medicine
2000, University of Nebraska Press
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Religious beliefs and medicinal practices of the Creek Indians : Washington, D.C. : U.S. Gov. Print. Off., 1928, in series: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report ; 42d ; 1924/1925
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