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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

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The work documents Lenape religious beliefs and ritual practice, surveying the pantheon—supreme being, spirits, sun, moon, earth, thunder, and corn—alongside lesser deities, animal and plant spirits, and local genii; it treats concepts of soul survival, spirit-land, ghosts, mediumship, and visionary experiences that produce guardian spirits. It provides detailed descriptions of annual Unami ceremonies, Minsi Big House rituals, the masker tradition and mask society, and various minor rites such as the Doll, Bear, Otter, Buffalo, Peyote, and Ghost dances, with notes on ceremonial organization, paraphernalia, songs, and regional variations, concluding with a comparative summary of beliefs and rites.

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Title: Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

Author: M. R. Harrington

Editor: Frederick Webb Hodge

Release date: February 19, 2024 [eBook #72988]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1921

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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CONCLUSION OF THE LENAPE ANNUAL CEREMONY IN OKLAHOMA

Native Painting by Earnest Spybuck, a Shawnee

INDIAN NOTES
AND MONOGRAPHS

Edited by F. W. Hodge

A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS
RELATING TO THE
AMERICAN ABORIGINES

RELIGION AND CEREMONIES
OF THE LENAPE

BY
M. R. HARRINGTON

NEW YORK
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
HEYE FOUNDATION
1921

RELIGION AND CEREMONIES
OF THE LENAPE

BY
M. R. HARRINGTON