Lewis Daly
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633570 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lewis Daly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lewis |
| FAMILY NAME | Daly |
| SIGNATURE | DALY L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On Amazonian Magical Darts
This article examines pathogenic projectiles among the Makushi people in Guyana. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Makushi in North Rupununi, the ‘magical’ darts known as waawî are described and contrasted with accounts of similar phenomena across Amazonia. For the Makushi, waawî seem to hold an ambiguous existence as both entities and objects. As embodiments of spirit-helpers, these pathogenic darts are fabricated by shamans yet maintain a p…
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On Amazonian Magical Darts
This article examines pathogenic projectiles among the Makushi people in Guyana. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Makushi in North Rupununi, the ‘magical’ darts known as waawî are described and contrasted with accounts of similar phenomena across Amazonia. For the Makushi, waawî seem to hold an ambiguous existence as both entities and objects. As embodiments of spirit-helpers, these pathogenic darts are fabricated by shamans yet maintain a p…
Amazonian (1 works) · Animism (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Character (mathematics) (1 works) · Ethnography (1 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (1 works) · Shamanism (1 works)