Richard Johan Natvig
Biographic Data
| ID | 4688657 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Johan Natvig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard Johan |
| FAMILY NAME | Natvig |
| SIGNATURE | NATVIG R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Institute of Biological Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
I Saw the Prophet in My Dream’: Prophet Songs from a Zār Ceremony in Lower Egypt
The zār cult is based on the belief in possessing spirits called zār. In all zār ceremonies songs play an important role. Songs summon and praise the spirits, and the participants praise Allah, the
Umm al-Ghulam: Zār Spirit or Half-forgotten Saint? Making Sense of an Egyptian Zār Song
The subject of this article is a zār song about a female character, Umm al-Ghulam (‘mother of the boy’), recorded in a Lower Egyptian village in 1980. The song is short and ambiguous. There is a zār spirit by that name, but there is also a Cairene saint who carries the same name. Zār songs in Egypt invoke both zār spirits and saints; so who are we dealing with in this song
Zār in Upper Egypt: Hans Alexander Winkler’s Field Notes From 1932
Liminal Rites and Female Symbolism in the Egyptian Zar Possession Cult
Oromos, Slaves, and the Zar Spirits: A Contribution to the History of the Zar Cult
The zar cult is a spirit possession cult found in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Arabia, south and south-west Iran, Egypt, and the Sudan.l It is not a uniform phenomenon throughout this vast region, where it occurs among Christians, Muslims, Falashas, and among adherents of tribal religions. There are ceremonial and cosmological differences, and the socio-sexual catchment areas as well as the consequences of participating in the cult vary …
Umm al-Ghulam: Zār Spirit or Half-forgotten Saint? Making Sense of an Egyptian Zār Song
The subject of this article is a zār song about a female character, Umm al-Ghulam (‘mother of the boy’), recorded in a Lower Egyptian village in 1980. The song is short and ambiguous. There is a zār spirit by that name, but there is also a Cairene saint who carries the same name. Zār songs in Egypt invoke both zār spirits and saints; so who are we dealing with in this song
Oromos, Slaves, and the Zar Spirits: A Contribution to the History of the Zar Cult
The zar cult is a spirit possession cult found in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Arabia, south and south-west Iran, Egypt, and the Sudan.l It is not a uniform phenomenon throughout this vast region, where it occurs among Christians, Muslims, Falashas, and among adherents of tribal religions. There are ceremonial and cosmological differences, and the socio-sexual catchment areas as well as the consequences of participating in the cult vary …
Liminal Rites and Female Symbolism in the Egyptian Zar Possession Cult
Oromos, Slaves, and the Zar Spirits: A Contribution to the History of the Zar Cult
The zar cult is a spirit possession cult found in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Arabia, south and south-west Iran, Egypt, and the Sudan.l It is not a uniform phenomenon throughout this vast region, where it occurs among Christians, Muslims, Falashas, and among adherents of tribal religions. There are ceremonial and cosmological differences, and the socio-sexual catchment areas as well as the consequences of participating in the cult vary …
Liminal Rites and Female Symbolism in the Egyptian Zar Possession Cult
Zār in Upper Egypt: Hans Alexander Winkler’s Field Notes From 1932
Umm al-Ghulam: Zār Spirit or Half-forgotten Saint? Making Sense of an Egyptian Zār Song
The subject of this article is a zār song about a female character, Umm al-Ghulam (‘mother of the boy’), recorded in a Lower Egyptian village in 1980. The song is short and ambiguous. There is a zār spirit by that name, but there is also a Cairene saint who carries the same name. Zār songs in Egypt invoke both zār spirits and saints; so who are we dealing with in this song
I Saw the Prophet in My Dream’: Prophet Songs from a Zār Ceremony in Lower Egypt
The zār cult is based on the belief in possessing spirits called zār. In all zār ceremonies songs play an important role. Songs summon and praise the spirits, and the participants praise Allah, the
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