The Spirit and the Sky
University of Nebraska Press (Verlag)
978-1-4962-0040-2 (ISBN)
The interest of nineteenth-century Lakotas in the Sun, the Moon, and the stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand their world. The Spirit and the Sky presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the nineteenth-century Lakotas and relates Lakota astronomy to their cultural practices and beliefs. The center of Lakota belief is the incomprehensible, extraordinary, and sacred nature of the world in which they live. The earth beneath and the stars above constitute their holistic world.
Mark Hollabaugh offers a detailed analysis of aspects of Lakota culture that have a bearing on Lakota astronomy, including telling time, their names for the stars and constellations as they appeared from the Great Plains, and the phenomena of meteor showers, eclipses, and the aurora borealis. Hollabaugh’s explanation of the cause of the aurora that occurred at the death of Black Elk in 1950 is a new contribution to ethnoastronomy.
Mark Hollabaugh is an emeritus instructor of physics and astronomy at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Preface and Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1 The Lakota People Archaeology of the Great Plains Lakota History Conflict and Disaster Sources of Information and Limitations Sources Relating to Lakota Astronomical Concepts James R. Walker Other Non-Native Sources Lakota Holy Men Chapter 2 The Sky Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy The Celestial Sphere The Stars and Constellations Motions of the Sun, Moon and Planets Time and Calendars Phases of the Moon Eclipses Aurora Borealis Comets and Meteors Astronomy of the Plains Indians Chapter 3 Lakota Culture Belief Systems The Four Virtues The Numbers Four and Seven The Four Colors and Four Directions The Seven Sacred Rites Wakha? -The Sacred Chapter 4 The Stars and Constellations The Night Sky The Stars The Lakota Names of the Stars The Constellations The Milky Way Chapter 5 The Sun and Moon Grandfather Sun The Moon Watches Over the Earth The Sun and Moon in Lakota Designs Chapter 6 Telling Time The Day The Month Calendar Sticks The Year - Winter Counts The Seasons Time in Lakota Culture Chapter 7 Eclipses and the Aurora Borealis Eclipses Aurora Borealis The Aurora and the Death of Black Elk Chapter 8 Meteors and Comets Random Meteors Recurring Meteor Showers Comets Chapter 9 The Sun Dance The Lakota Sun Dance Conducting a Sun Dance Seasonal Timing of the Sun Dance The 1876 Sitting Bull Sun Dance The 1875 Chadron Sun Dance The 1881 Pine Ridge Sun Dance Location and Orientation of the Sun Dance Lodge Chapter 10 Contemporary Lakota Astronomy Archie Fire Lame Deer and the Sweat Lodge Lakota Star Knowledge Chapter 11 The Spirit and The Sky Native Americans and Science Native Americans and Astronomy Wakha? and the Stars Appendix: Museums Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.07.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 photographs, 14 illustrations, 12 tables, index |
| Verlagsort | Lincoln |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4962-0040-3 / 1496200403 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4962-0040-2 / 9781496200402 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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