单词 | intichiuma |
释义 | intichiuman. Sacred ceremonies performed by some Central Australian Aboriginal people with the purpose of increasing the totemic plants or animals, and thus ensuring a good food supply. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Australian Aboriginal > [noun] intichiuma1899 1899 W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen Native Tribes Central Austral. vi. 170 It sometimes happens that the members of the totem, such as..the rain or water totem, will hold their Intichiuma when there has been a long drought and water is badly needed. 1911 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. iii. 85 The general result supposed to be accomplished by these magical totemic ceremonies or intichiuma, as the Arunta call them, is that of supplying the tribe with food and other necessaries. 1950 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Totem & Taboo iv. 139 The intichiuma ceremonies of the Central Australian tribes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1899 |
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