Anthropos: Anthropos, 69.1974

Anthropos, 69.1974

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Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

Persistent identifier:: BV043334262

Title:: Anthropos

Sub Title:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Place of Publication:: Fribourg

Publisher:: Ed. St. Paul

Year of Publication:: 1906

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

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Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711778

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711778

Persistent identifier:: 1510649436189

Title:: Anthropos, 69.1974

Year of Publication:: 1974

Call Number:: LA 1118

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Title:: Bd. 69, 1974, Heft 1-2

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Title:: The Bird Motif in Kaguru Folklore: Ten Texts (Tanzania)

Other person:: Beidelman, T. O.

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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i he Bird Motif in Kaguru Folklore: Ten Texts (Tanzania) 163 as tXanr ple, ladders, boats, vines and bridges need not be considered merely ab^ e ^ ara * e a nd unrelated motifs ; in some contexts these may possess compar- motif SlgnifiCances medialit y^ although in still other contexts these same inh e S ma ^ ^ ave ver y dd t erent structural significances. In short, there seem no mus ;- and universal symbolic significances to any object so that the analyst h -^h f or symbolic genotypes rather than thematic phenotypes if he W. S t0 de£d profitably with the structural nature of various myths and Ver CS ° n a comparative basis. Nonetheless, certain objects do seem to have SUc h Wlde ly held (though by no means universal) meanings or attached values, Altp aS tllose associated with blood, right and left, faeces, water, light, heat. ° Ug h h is difficult to generalize, it does seem that those symbols most the eCUatel y associated with sensory perception and biological processes have holiest widespread cross-cultural regularities of meaning while those sym- Cross m °tifs involving objects external to men seem to be subject to far greater 'Cultural variations. Even so, within geographical and cultural areas,

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