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
_Living Mask_, see _Mask_, _Mask Being_
_Living Solid Face_, see _Mask_, _Mask Being_
_Logan family_, mask delivered up by, 38
_Logs_, Big House built of, 82;
foot-log to Spirit Land, 54;
seats for _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_ dance, 153
_Loskiel, George Henry_, on dreams or visions, 78;
on earth, 29;
on Four Directions, 27;
on Great Spirit, 25;
on moon, 28;
on sun, 28;
on twelve gods, 31
_Machtuzin_, festival in honor of fire, 125-126.
See _MuxhatoLʹzing_
_Maize_, see _Corn_
_Manĭʹtowŭk_ or spirits, belief in, 17-44;
offerings to, 144-145;
thanksgiving to, in Annual ceremony, 89-90.
See _Great Spirit_, _Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_
_Mannittōs_, Heckewelder on, 21.
See _Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_
_Maple_, dye from bark of, 141
_Marble-like object_ given to Pokiteʹhemun by guardian spirit, 67
_Marsh, Cutting_, account of Naniʹtis by, 169-171
_Mask_, absent from Bear ceremony, 171;
annointing of, 105-106;
as guardian spirit, 151;
called Weopĕʹlakis, 35-36;
carved faces of, in Big House, 42, 83, 88, 148, 150;
healing power of, 34, 37, 156-157, 159, 161;
keeper of, 34-36, 151-152, 157;
painting of, 33-34, 41, 150, 155;
society of Minsi, 36-37, 138, 159-161, 198-199;
Unami myth of, 146-152.
See _Mask Being_, _Masks_, _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_
_Mask Being_ or _Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn_, as guardian spirit, 195;
ceremonies of, 197;
cult of, 32-43, 198;
deer herded by, 33, 99;
diseases cured by, 34-35, 156-157, 159, 161;
general duties of, 193;
impersonator of, 34-36, 41-42, 45, 56, 98-99, 138, 150, 152-159;
masks the symbol of, 33, 42, 45, 83, 88, 99, 148, 150;
myth of, 147-152;
relation of Keepers of Heavens to, 31;
vision concerning, 69.
See _Mask_, _Masks_, _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_
_Masks_, of stone, found in New Jersey and vicinity, 38-41;
painting of, 83, 119;
prayer-cry carried by, 31, 112-113;
representing Keepers of the Heavens, 31;
symbols of Mask Being, 33, 42, 45, 83, 88, 99, 148, 150.
See _Mask_, _Mask Being_, _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_
_Master of Ceremonies_, see _Leader_
_May_, Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance in, 152
_Meals_ served by aʹckas, 110-111, 118
_Medicine_, from tooth of Great Bear, 49;
prayer to Four Directions in making, 26
_Medicine-man_, see _Shaman_
_Mediumship_, belief in, 54-55, 196
_Meeting-house_ of Mask society, 159
_Men_, black symbolizing, 140-141;
drumsticks representing, 101, 130-131
_Menses_, women in, taboo, 62-63, 88, 133, 197
_Mĕsinkʹ_ or idol, 43.
See _Mask_, _Mask Being_, _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_
_Messengers_ of Great Spirit, 31, 88.
See _Four Directions_
_Messingq_, Adams on dance of, 155-156.
See _Mask_, _Mask Being_, _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_
_Me Zeengk_, name given by Peter Jones to Miziʹnk, 38.
See _Miziʹnk_
_Milky Way_, the road to Heaven, 58
_Miniature masks_ or charms, 36, 42-43
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