Forest and Demons in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

作者: Paul Sillitoe

DOI: 10.1111/J.1835-9310.1993.TB00177.X

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摘要: The Wola people of the Southern Highland Province Papua New Guinea believe that two kinds demon spirit inhabit montane forests their region. They call them « saem » and iybtit ». When are attacked by these frightening creature, they injured or fall sick, may die ; relatives perform rituals to drive demons away promote recovery. attitude towards spirits expresses something ambivalent enigmatic attitudes forest covers large areas neither innate conservationists nor reckless destroyers forest, but more equivocal, an antipathetic combination both

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