Folk beliefs of the southern Negro, by Newbell Niles Puckett ..

Object Details

Notes

Without thesis note.

Contents

I. Practical and emotional backgrounds -- II. Burial customs, ghosts and witches -- III. Voodooism and conjuration -- IV. Voodoism and conjuration, continued -- V. Positive control-signs: minor charms and cures -- VI. Negative control-signs: taboos -- VII. Prophetic signs or omens -- VIII. Christianity and superstition: conclusion -- IX. References cited -- X. List of informants

Data Source

Smithsonian Libraries

Date

1926

Call number

GR103.P8X

Author

Puckett, Newbell Niles

Type

Books

Folklore

Physical description

xiv pages, 2 leaves, 644 pages frontispiece, plates 24 cm

Topic

African Americans--Folklore

Vodou

Record ID

siris_sil_266492

Usage

CC0