On Deer and Dolphins
Nage Ideas Regarding Animal Transformation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18937656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Forth (0000-0001-6298-8665, University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 271-293 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-8077 • E-ISSN: 1834-4461 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1998.tb02679.x |
| OpenAlex | W2056742610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
According to the Nage of eastern Indonesia, certain animals regularly transform into animals of another kind. Similar beliefs—specified here as notions of ‘contemporary zoological transformation’—have been documented for Malays and at least one other Indonesian society, as well as for the Kalam and Rofaifo of New Guinea. Referring to interpretations by ethnographers of these other societies, the paper analyses the Nage beliefs in regard to their connection with observation of zoological kinds. Attention is also given to their possible utilitarian value, connection with ethnozoological classification, and relation to similar yet distinct transformations encountered in myth and spiritual representations. Drawing on Atran's thesis (1990), it is concluded that Nage beliefs in contemporary animal transformation posit changes of essence and are in this sense counter‐intuitive. At the same time, certain ontological features demonstrate that the beliefs cannot be accommodated to a category of mythological or religious representations, and that in several respects they share more in common with modern scientific thought
Biology · Epistemology · Indonesian · Linguistics · Mythology · Relation (database) · Sociology · Transformation (genetics) · Value (mathematics) · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Classics · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2016 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |