Publications

Publication details [#20106]

Senft, Gunter. 1985. Weyeis Wettermagie - eine ethnolinguistische Untersuchung von fünf wettermagischen Formeln eines Wettermagiers auf den Trobriand Inseln. [Weyei’s weather magic – an ethnolinguistic analysis of five magical formulae of a weather magician from the Trobriand Islands.] Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 110 : 67–90.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

German

Keywords

magic | ritual

Language as a subject

Kilivila

Place, Publisher

Dietrich Reimer-Verlag

Annotation

This paper presents five magical formulae (in Kilivila – the language of the Trobriand Islanders – and in a German translation) of a weather magician from the Trobriands. The formulae are analysed as special forms of ritual communication on the Trobriand Islands.