Washo Religion

By

James F. Downs

University of California Publications

Anthropological Records

Vol. 16, No. 9, pp. 365-386

Editors (Berkeley): J. H. Rowe, R. F. Millon, D. M. Schneider

Submitted by editors September 16, 1960

Issued June 16, 1961

Price, 75 cents

University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles

California

Cambridge University Press

London, England

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Mythology
• Water Babies
• The Giants
• The Coyote And Other Figures
• Curing And Shamanism (2469-2541)
• Noncurative Use Of Power (2567-2593)
• Divining And Rainmaking (2553-2556, 2566)
• Objects Of Power
• Sorcery And Witchcraft (2562-2564)
• War Power
• Summary Of Shamanism
• Dreams And Dreamers (2566)
• Ritual Activities
• Conception And Contraception
• Birth (2178-2293)
• Puberty: Girls (2305-2352)
• Puberty: Boys (2379-2386, 369-374)
• Marriage (2018-2051)
• Death (2389-2453)
• Ritual In Subsistence
• Hunting
• Fishing (252a-296)
• Miscellaneous Concepts About Hunting And Fishing
• Gathering
• Miscellaneous Ritual
• Influence Of Christianity
• Bibliography
• Footnotes