The Traditional Religion of the Sakata. Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia; XXXIV.

Gutes Exemplar; Einband etwas nachgedunkelt u. berieben. - Englisch. - Sakata ist ein Bantu-Volk in der Provinz Mai-Ndombe (�Schwarzwasserprovinz�, fr�her Teil der Provinz Bandundu) der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. . (wiki) // This study is based on my own research among the Sakata people during my service as teacher and missionary in their country. It was only during the last decade of my forty years there that I conceived the idea of a methodical survey of religious beliefs together with proverbs, riddles, songs, legends and fables. A project of this kind calls for good, knowledgeable informants. It was my good fortune to be able to consult men of the right age. Old people are somewhat diffident about revealing their beliefs to the white man, while the younger generation knows very little about them. My informants were well-versed in these matters and fully prepared to share their knowledge with me. Many of them were students at the pastor's school run by my husband, mature men of great experience, many aged about forty. But I have had other informants as well, all of whom consulted the old people of their villages as well as their own fathers. . (Vorwort) // INHALT : Preface. ---- Glossary of Sakata words used in the text. ---- Abbreviations. ---- Bibliography. ---- Chapter I. Location and Social Organization of the Sakata. ---- Chapter II. The Supreme Being. ---- Nzambi. Other names for the Supreme Being. Nzau Nko. ---- Chapter III. Nature Spirits. ---- Nkera. Elima. Summary of Nkera and comparisons with Elima-bilima. Ndzamushie and Molenshua. Collecting ingredients for medicine bags.Mekere. Ongau. Nshu. Nvua. Kehu. Mfo. Bedju. Ibane. Mvumba. Summary of Mokere-Mekere. ---- Chapter IV. Mate and Bebare - Impersonal Forces. ---- Bote bo lepanji. Mate for hunting. Marriage in connection with hunting. Sickness and death in connection with hunting. The dead in relation to hunting. Umare. Mbau. Mate when founding a new village. Bote bo nzare. Bote that makes its owner well-known and respected. Bebare (mate for women). ---- Chapter V. Conceptions of the Soul. ---- The dead and their abode. Ngalilay. Der Gang in die Unterwelt. The dead man himself reveals his killer. Kempfuni Kela Musa Kemoe. ---- Chapter VI. Ilua-malua (Witchcraft) and Mulua-balua (One(s) who has (have) Witchcraft. ---- Consecration to ilua. People attacked by the balua of the Sakata. Why do mulua kill?. Secret balua societies. The chief and ilua. Ilua le mbili. Are balua aware of their dual existence?. Umbia. Ilua: degrees of strength The number nine. Strong ilua changes grubs and worms into game. Ilua that change a man into an elephant. Social tensions and ilua belief. Trial by poison. Some recent examples of ilua and mate. Defences against balua. How balua defend themselves against pursuers. Falling star - a dying mulua. ---- (u.v.a.)