Belief In Active Ancestral Spirits

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Peregrine, Peter N.The birth of the gods revisited: a partial replication of guy swanson's (1960) cross-cultural st...
Alford, RichardNaming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Peregrine, Peter N.The presence of sovereign kinship organization will be associated with a belief in active ancestral spirits (94).
Alford, RichardTaboos on using the name of the deceased will be positively associated with name uniqueness, and negatively associated with belief in reincarnation, ancestor worship, societal size, and societal complexity (114).

Associated OCMs

  1. eschatology
  2. spirits and gods