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Shamanic odyssey : the Lushootseed Salish journey to the land of the dead / by Jay Miller.

Penn Museum Library E99.S21 M55 1988
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miller, Jay, 1947-
Series:
Ballena Press anthropological papers ; no. 32.
Ballena Press anthropological papers ; no. 32
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coast Salish Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
Coast Salish Indians.
Coast Salish Indians--Religion and mythology.
Shamanism--Washington (State)--Puget Sound.
Shamanism.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Puget Sound--Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of North America.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Puget Sound--Religion and mythology.
Rites and ceremonies.
Washington (State).
Physical Description:
xviii, 215 pages ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Menlo, Park, Calif. : Ballena Press, 1988.
Notes:
"A comparative study of the Lushootseed (Puget Salish) ritualized journey to the land of the dead, in terms of death, potency, and cooperating shamans in North America."
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 199-212.
ISBN:
0879191139 :
0879191120
OCLC:
18050196

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