Ngaju Religion The Conception of God among a South Borneo People
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1963, 1963
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1963 |
| Series: | Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Bibliographical Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- 1. The Ngaju people
- 2. The significance of the conception of God
- II. Sources for the Knowledge of the Ngaju Conception of God
- 1. Sacred literature
- 2. Religious drawings
- III. Names of the Supreme Deities
- 1. The Deity of the Upperworld
- 2. The Deity of the Underworld or the primeval waiters
- IV. The Dwelling Places of the Supreme Deities
- 1. The habitation of Mahatala
- 2. The habitation of Jata
- V. Natures and Manifestations of the Supreme Deities
- 1. Duality and unity
- 2. Manifestations of the deities
- 3. Sacred colours and numbers
- 4. Emblems and goods of the supreme deities
- VI. The Act of Divine Creation
- VII. The Divine Order
- 1. The sacred people
- 2. The sacred land
- 3. The sacred house
- 4. The sacred life
- 5. The sacred era
- VIII. The Divine Justice
- 1. Consequences of transgressing the hadat
- 2. Restoration of order
- IX. Divine Gifts
- 1. Beneficent gifts
- 2. Maleficent gifts
- X. The Sacred Service
- 1. Cosmic disaster
- 2. The renewal of the world and its well-being
- XI. The Sacred Dead
- 1. Good and bad dead
- 2. Modes of existence of the dead
- 3. Worship of the dead
- 4. The relation of the sacred dead to the supreme deities
- XII. The Essence of Da Yak Religion
- 1. The deities
- 2. Upperworld and Underworld
- 3. The creation
- 4. The sacred dead
- 5. Conclusions
- Appendix I: Creation Myth of the Ngaju
- Appendix II: The Myth of Silai
- Plates III to XXVI and Map (at back)