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Volume 120 (2025), Edition 1
Anthropos- Journal:
- Anthropos
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- 06.06.2025
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Anthropos is the international journal of anthropology and linguistics, founded in 1906 by Wilhelm Schmidt, missonary and member of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). Its main purpose is the study of human societies in their cultural dimension. In honor of Wilhelm Schmidt‘s legacy, the cultivation of anthropology, ethnology, linguistics, and religious studies remain an essential component oft he Anthropos Institute – the organizational carrier of the journal.
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- 2942-3139
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- Nomos, Baden-Baden
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- English
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The article presents a sequence in which the Sèmè diviner recounts a journey across the land of his village to summon invisible entities, and an example of it is reproduced in the appendix. After a few reminders about this divination, the place of...
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Only through close cooperation with local Christians were the missionaries of the Berlin Mission Society able to gain a foothold in southern Africa. The article traces the different fates of the South Africans Klaus Koen and Martinus Sewuchan, who...
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The article presents the circumstances under which the periodical titled The Kurdistan Missionary developed to become an important Protestant source of information concerning Kurdistan. Referring to the editorial staff and to the missionaries who...
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This text addresses bride abduction in Kyrgyzstan through Victor Turner’s and Arnold van Gennep’s rite of passage theories and Victor Turner’s social drama theory. The text is divided into two parts: the first part proceeds to present the...
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This article deals with the ethnolinguistic aspects of personal names in Uzbek and German. The author argues that the personal naming practices of the two languages compared represent their different evolutionary stages. Whereas personal names in...
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– “How many pärämäts can you eat?” When Tatars meet, this question is asked not only to compare stomach capacity: by triggering pleasant food memories with a high degree of commensality, they confirm a common identity and cultural bonds...
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This article seeks to set out a case of colonial intervention aiming to remodel the social order within colonies through social engineering, which would lead to the invention – or perhaps the reinvention – of traditions. The focus of attention...
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The Minangkabau still preserve their matrilineal structures which are close-knit with Islam. The article contains relevant historic and ethnographic insights, explores social roles of males and females, and highlights the significance of adat and...
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This article is a summary of my 1999 master’s thesis based on research conducted in the 1990s, in which I examine ritual and myth in the tradition of the Tsou, an indigenous people of Taiwan. The traditional culture of the Tsou is undergoing...
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In the mythologies and legends prevalent in Oceania and Southeast Asia, myths concerning the so-called “little people” can be sporadically found. These beings, characterised primarily by their small stature, are referred to as the ancestors of...
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Using Philippe Descola’s treatment of the culture-nature dichotomy as a starting point, I argue that indigenous conceptions of the relationship between culture and nature are bound up with conceptions of time, space, and, particularly, gender. All...
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The author analyses an asterism identified by the Toba of western Formosa (Argentina) and the symbolism associated with it. Specifically, the article concerns Qolá, the celestial formation that forms the western constellation Corona Australis as...
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The contrast between the experiences of those who are not indigenous but live in Canada and the Indigenous experiences is often missing from the literature on pictograph sites, red ochre images, found throughout the Boreal Forest, in the Precambrian...
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Women’s memorial services for the dead and their accompanying gifts constitute an important aspect of Greek death rituals. It is crucial to include women’s perspectives if we want to understand rituals, therefore attention has to be paid to the...
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The history and cultural heritage of Aromanian (Vlach) shepherds in Bulgaria is a challenging topic that warrants particular inquisitiveness in scientific research. The Aromanians arrived there after years of severe persecutions perpetrated by the...
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