Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

Name: Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape
Author: Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)

Delaware Indians -- Religion

_Ontario_, Canada, Lenape now resident in, 13;
    mediumship reported in, 55;
    Minsi ceremonies in, 43, 127-145.
    See _Grand River_, _Munceytown_

  _Oⁿ-oⁿ-oⁿ_, prayer-cry of Mask society, 159

  _Opiʹna_ or blessing granted by guardian spirits, 65-66.
    See _Blessing_

  _Orientation_, as to fire, 101, 119-120;
    at Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 155;
    in offerings, 98;
    in Peyote rite, 186-187;
    in praying, 100, 108, 109, 122, 137;
    in visions, 74, 147, 149;
    of carved faces, 83;
    of ceremonial cooking, 85, 182, 187;
    of entrance and exit, 119, 131-132, 144-145;
    of heaven, 54, 56;
    of rattles, 103, 120;
    of seating, 93, 119, 131;
    of thanksgiving, 89.
    See _East_, _North_, _South_, _West_

  _Origin_, of Bear ceremony, 172;
    of Mask, 33, 146-152;
    of Minsi Annual ceremony, 127-138;
    of Naniʹtis, 166-167;
    of Otter ceremony, 176-179;
    of Peyote rite, 185, 199

  _Otter_, ceremony of, 176-183, 199;
    power from, 50

  _Otter-skin_, regalia of, 177-182

  _Our Mother_, title of Earth, 28

  _Owl_ as guardian spirit, 78, 195


  _Pabookowaih_, god of health, 168-169

  _Pabothʹkwe_, Great Spirit of the Shawnee, 20

  _Paint_, on carved faces, 83, 119;
    on drumsticks, symbolism of, 140, 141;
    on face of Mask Being, 33, 41, 150, 155;
    on face of Muncey John, 76;
    on face of Sun, 27;
    on sticks used in Minsi ceremony, 131, 139-141.
    See _Black_, _Red_

  _Paint-dish_ of bark in Annual ceremony, 105-106

  _Paintings_ by Ernest Spybuck, 14

  _Pakŭⁿdiʹgŭn_ or carved drumsticks, 101.
    See _Drumsticks_

  _Pantheon_ of the Lenape, 17-44.
    See _Great Spirit_, _Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_, _Manĭʹtowŭk_

  _Papasokwi‛ʹlŭn_, Unami name for Bear ceremony, 171.
    See _Bear ceremony_

  _Paradise_, see _Happy Hunting Ground_

  _Parents_, kindness to, rewarded, 57;
    meeting with, in Heaven, 53, 91

  _Partridges_, Thunders in form of, 30

  _Pa‛ʹtŭmawas_, Minsi name for Great Spirit, 19, 127;
    Minsi worship of, 133-134.
    See _Great Spirit_

  _Payment_ of officers and attendants at ceremonies, 97, 99, 104,
        106-111, 118, 121, 152-154, 164, 172-173, 179.
    See _Wampum_

  _Peacemaker_, Mask Being so considered, 156

  _Pebbles_ in tortoise-shell rattle, 118, 120

  _Penn, William_, on Annual ceremony, 115-116;
    on concept of soul, 56;
    on Great Spirit, 20-21

  _Pennsylvania_, Annual ceremony in, 130;
    Lenape first encountered in, by whites, 13;
    Lenape stone masks found in, 38-41

  _Petaʹnĭhink_, native name of Julius Fox, 14.
    See _Fox, Julius_

  _Pethakoweʹyuk_ or Thunder Beings, 29.
    See _Thunder Beings_

  _Pets_, cult of, 198;
    spirits of, 172, 176

  _Peyote_, rite, 185-196, 199;
    road, 187, 189-190

  _Pheasant, Monroe_, acknowledgment to, 14

  _Phratries_ or totemic groups: prayers of, 104;
    rituals among, 81-82, 108-109, 119-120;
    Turkey, in Bear cult, 175;
    Wolf: Bear cult of, 172;
    Skeleton dance of, 183-184

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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)

Delaware Indians -- Religion

_Ontario_, Canada, Lenape now resident in, 13;
    mediumship reported in, 55;
    Minsi ceremonies in, 43, 127-145.
    See _Grand River_, _Munceytown_

  _Oⁿ-oⁿ-oⁿ_, prayer-cry of Mask society, 159

  _Opiʹna_ or blessing granted by guardian spirits, 65-66.
    See _Blessing_

  _Orientation_, as to fire, 101, 119-120;
    at Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 155;
    in offerings, 98;
    in Peyote rite, 186-187;
    in praying, 100, 108, 109, 122, 137;
    in visions, 74, 147, 149;
    of carved faces, 83;
    of ceremonial cooking, 85, 182, 187;
    of entrance and exit, 119, 131-132, 144-145;
    of heaven, 54, 56;
    of rattles, 103, 120;
    of seating, 93, 119, 131;
    of thanksgiving, 89.
    See _East_, _North_, _South_, _West_

  _Origin_, of Bear ceremony, 172;
    of Mask, 33, 146-152;
    of Minsi Annual ceremony, 127-138;
    of Naniʹtis, 166-167;
    of Otter ceremony, 176-179;
    of Peyote rite, 185, 199

  _Otter_, ceremony of, 176-183, 199;
    power from, 50

  _Otter-skin_, regalia of, 177-182

  _Our Mother_, title of Earth, 28

  _Owl_ as guardian spirit, 78, 195


  _Pabookowaih_, god of health, 168-169

  _Pabothʹkwe_, Great Spirit of the Shawnee, 20

  _Paint_, on carved faces, 83, 119;
    on drumsticks, symbolism of, 140, 141;
    on face of Mask Being, 33, 41, 150, 155;
    on face of Muncey John, 76;
    on face of Sun, 27;
    on sticks used in Minsi ceremony, 131, 139-141.
    See _Black_, _Red_

  _Paint-dish_ of bark in Annual ceremony, 105-106

  _Paintings_ by Ernest Spybuck, 14

  _Pakŭⁿdiʹgŭn_ or carved drumsticks, 101.
    See _Drumsticks_

  _Pantheon_ of the Lenape, 17-44.
    See _Great Spirit_, _Lesser manĭʹtowŭk_, _Manĭʹtowŭk_

  _Papasokwi‛ʹlŭn_, Unami name for Bear ceremony, 171.
    See _Bear ceremony_

  _Paradise_, see _Happy Hunting Ground_

  _Parents_, kindness to, rewarded, 57;
    meeting with, in Heaven, 53, 91

  _Partridges_, Thunders in form of, 30

  _Pa‛ʹtŭmawas_, Minsi name for Great Spirit, 19, 127;
    Minsi worship of, 133-134.
    See _Great Spirit_

  _Payment_ of officers and attendants at ceremonies, 97, 99, 104,
        106-111, 118, 121, 152-154, 164, 172-173, 179.
    See _Wampum_

  _Peacemaker_, Mask Being so considered, 156

  _Pebbles_ in tortoise-shell rattle, 118, 120

  _Penn, William_, on Annual ceremony, 115-116;
    on concept of soul, 56;
    on Great Spirit, 20-21

  _Pennsylvania_, Annual ceremony in, 130;
    Lenape first encountered in, by whites, 13;
    Lenape stone masks found in, 38-41

  _Petaʹnĭhink_, native name of Julius Fox, 14.
    See _Fox, Julius_

  _Pethakoweʹyuk_ or Thunder Beings, 29.
    See _Thunder Beings_

  _Pets_, cult of, 198;
    spirits of, 172, 176

  _Peyote_, rite, 185-196, 199;
    road, 187, 189-190

  _Pheasant, Monroe_, acknowledgment to, 14

  _Phratries_ or totemic groups: prayers of, 104;
    rituals among, 81-82, 108-109, 119-120;
    Turkey, in Bear cult, 175;
    Wolf: Bear cult of, 172;
    Skeleton dance of, 183-184

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Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

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