The riddle of the sphinx : or, human origins / by G. Roheim. Authorized trans. from the German by R. Money-Kyrle. With a preface by E. Jones
- Bib ID:
- 833584
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Roheim, Geza, 1891-1953, author
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. 131 ROH copy. (excluding chapter 2, pp. 83-157 re totemism). JAFp BIBLIO F14212 copy
- Description:
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- London, [United Kingdom] : Hogarth Press, 1934
- 302 pages : illustrations, portraits
- Series:
- International psycho-analytical library ; no.25.
- Summary:
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Results of fieldwork 1929-31 in Central Australia; notes on demons, fear of attacks (Aranda, Luritcha, Ngatatara) definitions of relative dreams, double evil beings of Aranda, Luritcha, Ngatatara, Pindupi, Yumu, Matuntara; stories and their interpretation; comparison of these beliefs with those of Indo-European peoples; death magic, death anxiety of natives; kangaroo bad magic of Pitchentara & Mularatara, other forms of aggressive magic; dreams of sorcerers, legends, sorcerers initiation; theory that the demons form the basis of religion; nature of Central Australian totemism & its relation to the demons of the area; initiation, tabular representation giving description of ceremony, myth & song (with translation); multiplicity of rites, ancestral wanderings; detailed analysis of dreams, phantasies & totemic ceremonies; account of psycho-analytical initiation ceremony; connection between initiation & totemism - dreams, myths of Waninga & the Milky Way; phallic origin of totemism; puberty rites, use of bullroarer, presentation of ritual objects; ontogenetic interpretation of culture; Mungarai legend of Kunapipi given as example of primal horde myth, comparison with legends from other lands; correlations between typical infantile experience & typical character; brings together & comments on views of other writers.
- Notes:
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- Pub. by L. and V.Woolf at the Hogarth Press ... and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis.
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- Includes index and bibliographical references.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1091099527
- Subject:
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- Antikirinya language C5
- Antakirinya / Antikirinya / Antakarinja people (C5) (SA SG53-14)
- Pitjantjatjara language C6
- Pitjantjatjara people (C6) (NT SG52-11)
- Luritja language C7.1
- Luritja / Loritja people (C7.1) (NT SG52-04)
- Arrernte language C8
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Pintupi language C10
- Pintupi people (C10) (NT SF52-11)
- Yumu language C11
- Yumu people (C11) (NT SF52-16)
- Mangarrayi language N78
- Mangarrayi / Mangarayi people (N78) (NT SD53-09)
- Ceremonies - Initiation
- Ceremonies - Women
- Language - Texts and translations - Aboriginal to non-Aboriginal language
- Magic and sorcery - Clever people
- Music - Vocal
- Psychology - Dreams and symbolism
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Bullroarers
- Religion - Rites - Increase
- Religion - Rites - Kunapipi
- Religion - Totemism
- Stories and motifs - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Stories and motifs - Mythological beings
- Stories and motifs - Stars
- Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies
- Civilization
- Psychoanalysis
- Religion
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- South Australia - Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)
- South Central Northern Territory (NT)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1953
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1934
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