Religion and ceremonies of the LenapeHarrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)
Religion
Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape
Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)
Delaware Indians -- Religion
_Iroquois_, ceremonial fire-drills of, 86;
masks of, compared with Minsi, 36, 138, 160-161, 198-199;
Planting dance of, 143;
primitive skirt among, 169;
Strawberry dance of, 128, 197
_Jesus Christ_, Naniʹtis given up for, 170;
road of, 187.
See _Christianity_, _Peyote rite_
_Jones, Peter_, on Nahneetis, the Guardian of Health, 46, 168-169;
on Minsi masks, 37-38, 158
_Journal of a voyage to New York in 1679-1680_, Dankers and Sluyter,
authors, 20
_June_, Minsi Big House ceremony in, 128
_Kacheh Munitto_, see _Kaunzhe Pah-tum-owans_
_Kansas_, celebration of Annual ceremony in, 122-124;
Lenape now resident in, 13
_Kaʹpyŭ‛hŭm_, native name of Isaac Monture, 14, 161
_Kaunzhe Pah-tum-owans_ or _Kacheh Munitto_, ancient Minsi name of
Great Spirit, 22.
See _Great Spirit_
_Keeper of Mask_, general duties of, 34-36, 151;
notification of dance by, 152;
stray stock returned through, 157
_Keepers of Four Directions_, see _Four Directions_
_Keepers of the Heavens_, 31.
See _Carved faces_, _Four Directions_
_Kĕ‛ʹtanĭtoʹwĕt_, ancient Minsi name of Great Spirit, 19, 127.
See _Great Spirit_
_Kickeron_ or _Kickerom_, recorded name of Great Spirit in New
Jersey, 20
_Kĭʹnĭkä_ or _Kĭʹntika_, native terms for dance, 115-116
_Kiowa_, Ghost dance of, 191
_Kiʹzho_ or _Kiʹzhox_, Minsi name of sun, 27.
See _Sun_
_Kokŭlŭpoʹw‛ʹe_, native name of Chief Charley _Elkhair_, 14.
See _Elkhair_
_Kunuⁿʹxäs_, native term for otter-skin, 179.
See _Otter ceremony_
_Kwi_, or whoop, concluding dance, 136
_Lakes_, home of Great Horned Serpents, 49
_Lameness_ caused by ghosts, 59.
See _Cripples_
_Land of Spirits_ or _Tschipeghacki_, 58.
See _Happy Hunting Ground_, _Heaven_
_Leader_, of Annual ceremony, 81-82, 92-94, 117, 120;
of Bear cult, 174-175;
of Doll dance, 165;
of Feast of first fruits, 145;
of Minsi ceremony, 133-134;
of Peyote rite, 188-190;
leaders, favored with visions, 195
_Leaves_, strewn for seating guests, 131
_Legend_, of Annual ceremony, 111-112;
of Comet, 48-49;
of coming of whites, 121-122;
of Mother Corn, 43.
See _Myth_
_Leggings_ of Mask impersonator, 34, 41
_Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_: animal spirits, 49-50;
Bear, 172-176;
Comet, 48-49;
Doll, 45-47, 162-171;
Earth, 28, 89-90;
Great Bear, 49, 193;
Great Horned Serpents, 29, 49, 193;
Keepers of the Heavens, 31;
Mask Being, 32-43, 146-161;
ministers of Great Spirit, 18, 21, 193-194;
Moon, 28;
Mother Corn, 43-44;
of Four Directions, 25-27;
Otter, 50, 176-182;
Snow boy, 48;
Sun, 27-28;
Thunder Beings, 29-31;
Tornado, 47-48
_Light_, Brinton on concept of, 23-24
_Lightning_, Flying Wolf’s love of, 75-76;
prayer to avert, 30
_Little Caney river_, Oklahoma, Big House on banks of, 82
_Little People_ hunted for by children, 49, 193
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