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
_Tornado_, attributes of, 47-48
_Tortoise-shell rattle_, at Annual ceremony, 94-96, 118, 120;
at Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 155;
of Mask impersonator, 42.
See _Rattles_
_Totemic groups_, see _Phratries_
_Toys_, cult of, 198.
See _Doll Being_, _Fetishes_
_Transmigration_ of souls, 59
_Trees_, Mask Being akin to, 112;
gift of the Great Spirit, 18;
shattered by Thunder Beings, 29;
thanks to, 134
_Tschipeghacki_ or Land of Spirits, 58.
See _Happy Hunting Ground_
_Tuⁿdaʹi wäheⁿʹji manĭʹtowŭk_ or fire-maker of the manĭʹtos, 101
_Turkey phratry_ at Annual ceremony, 82, 104, 119;
part of, in Bear cult, 175
_Turkey-wings_, Big House swept with, 87, 120, 133
_Turtle phratry_, leader of Annual ceremony, 82, 104, 119-120
_Turtle-rattles_, at Annual ceremony, 92, 94-96, 103-104, 118, 120;
at Feast of first fruits, 145;
at Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 155;
at Otter ceremony, 180-181;
at Thanksgiving ceremony, 143;
in ceremonies of Mask society, 159;
in Bear cult, 174-175;
in Minsi ceremony, 131, 135-136;
of Mask impersonator, 34, 38, 150, 155, 159.
See _Rattles_
_Twelfth_, day, soul reaches heaven, 196;
heaven, home of Great Spirit, 19, 31, 52, 107, 112, 192, 196;
night in Annual ceremony, 105-106;
prayer-cry reaching Great Spirit, 136-138;
stick, dropping of, by Pa‛ʹtŭmawas, 127-128
_Twelve_, benefactors, Corn Goddess among, 43;
carved faces, 83, 88, 106, 112;
celebrants, 125-126;
ceremonial sweepings, 107;
ceremonial use of, 197;
concluding prayers, 106-107;
days, before burial, 184;
days, duration of ceremonies, 82, 119-120, 128;
days, ghosts linger near earth, 52, 54;
days, period of boys’ fast, 64;
deer at Feast of first fruits, 144;
deer for Minsi ceremony, 132;
emetics, as purification, 57;
gods or masks, 31;
heavens, 31;
in Fire festival, 125-126;
members of Mask society, 159;
months, duration of earthquake, 149;
nights, duration of Annual ceremony, 88, 107;
offerings of tobacco, 98;
pipes, in Fire festival, 126;
prayer-cries, 97, 104, 136;
prayersticks at Annual ceremony, 103;
repetitions of dance, 154, 165;
repetitions of prayer, 19, 108-109, 136-138;
sticks, penance of beating by, 58;
sticks used in Minsi ceremony, 131;
stones, altar laid on, 115;
stones in sweating-oven, 125;
sumach sticks of Pa‛ʹtŭmawas, 127-128;
sweepings of ceremonial fire, 88;
years, age of initiation for boys, 63;
years before reaching Heaven, 88
_Unalachtigo_, see _Unala‛ʹtko_
_Unala‛ʹtko_, a Lenape tribe, now merged, 13;
proportion of, in Lenape, 124-125
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