Wind Magic

Name: Wind Magic
Author: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942

in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, War III (6): Rain, sun, magic, war) (New Haven, CT) (03 March 1918) , 2 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: Date: 3.3.18. Place: Oburaku (Kiriwina). Informant: Ikwayoulo. A handwritten page, mostly in English but with numerous terms in indigenous text of the Trobriands, discusses various magic spells or chants associated with the wind, to be spoken either on land or at sea, when sailing. Included are names and descriptors of kinds of winds. At the bottom is a diagram -- a 12-point compass with words in indigenous text at each compass point (possibly the names of destinations) -- and comments in English about the strength and character of the wind in that direction. The notes are written on reused stationery, consisting of a partial, typed manuscript discussing an unspecified native group's attitude toward crime and punishment.
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Content Type: Field notes
Duration: 0 sec
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 2
Page Range: 1-2
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Magic, Wind, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural