Anthropological report on Sierra Leone: Anthropological report on Sierra Leone, Part 1, Law and custom of the Timne and other tribes

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Titel:: Anthropological report on Sierra Leone

Autor:: Thomas, Northcote W.

Erscheinungsort:: London

Verlag:: Harrison and Sons

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Sammlung:: Allgemeiner Bestand

Wissensgebiet:: Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie > Gesamtdarstellungen und Sammelwerke

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Titel:: Anthropological report on Sierra Leone, Part 1, Law and custom of the Timne and other tribes

Erscheinungsort:: Berlin

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1916

Signatur:: Pn 70703:1:F8

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Titel:: VI. Witchcraft

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LE VI.—WITCHCRAFT. Witcheraft appears to occupy an important place in native beliefs; the witch is said to have power to take rice or bransfer it from one farm to another ; hence all sorts of rites are performed to exclude them from the farms; these ceremonies are known as gkap in Sanda, akanta (see p. 60) in S. Timne. The witch is also believed to eat human beings, who go on living and breathing till the heart is reached ; then they die, This killing is said to be done with the eyes only. Side by side with this belief is found the more ordinary creed which attributes to the witeh power of transformation, into a bat or erocodile ; if the animal perishes, the witch meets the same fate. A witch is said to be born, not made, and to derive power from the mother, because the mother eats a person and the unborn child absorbs some of the cannibal feast. A witch has akonto inside him ; this is like the stomach of a small animal, round in shape, with many holes in it. “Medicines”” and ordeals are used to catch suspected witches; in the former case the guilty person falls sick and sonfesses; in this case water may be poured on the “medicine” to free the witch from its influence. Some people say, however, that confession will not save a witch. If a person is bewitched but does nut die, he“ swears ” and the witch dies; in this case a ceremony must be performed and if it is not completed, a stone with thread round it, and a piece of cloth, must be put in a tree, and the name of the witch repeated: “ You cannot move again to injure me.” This ceremony is apparently performed after the death of witches, to prevent them from continuing their activities after death. Another method is to rub leaves on people that the dead witch may not follow them and cause

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