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starting a collection for my anthropology class can you guys send me more posts like these
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Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
by Horace Miner
from American Anthropologist , 1956, 58(3), 503-507
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
HORACE MINER
University of Michigan
THE anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways in
which different peoples behave in similar situations that he is not apt to
be surprised by even the most exotic customs. In fact, if all of the logically
possible combinations of behavior have not been found somewhere in the
world, he is apt to suspect that they must be present in some yet undescribed
tribe. This point has, in fact, been expressed with respect to clan organization
by Murdock (1949:71). In this light, the magical beliefs and practices of the
Nacirema present such unusual aspects that it seems desirable to describe
them as an example of the extremes to which human behavior can go.
Professor Linton first brought the ritual of the Nacirema to the attention
of anthropologists twenty years ago (1936:326), but the culture of this people
is still very poorly understood. They are a North American group living in the
territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico,
and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. Little is known of their origin, al-
though tradition states that they came from the east. According to Nacirema
mythology, their nation was originated by a culture hero, Notgnihsaw, who is
otherwise known for two great feats of strength-the throwing of a piece of
wampum across the river Pa-To-Mac and the chopping down of a cherry tree
in which the Spirit of Truth resided.
Nacirema culture is characterized by a highly developed market economy
which has evolved in a rich natural habitat. While much of the people's time
is devoted to economic pursuits, a large part of the fruits of these labors and a
considerable portion of the day are spent in ritual activity. The focus of this
activity is the human body, the appearance and health of which loom as a
dominant concern in the ethos of the people. While such a concern is certainly
not unusual, its ceremonial aspects and associated philosophy are unique.
The fundamental belief underlying the whole system appears to be that the
human body is ugly and that its natural tendency is to debility and disease.
Incarcerated in such a body, man's only hope is to avert these characteristics
through the use of the powerful influences of ritual and ceremony. Every house-
hold has one or more shrines devoted to this purpose. The more powerful in-
dividuals in the society have several shrines in their houses and, in fact, the
opulence of a house is often referred to in terms of the number of such ritual
centers it possesses. Most houses are of wattle and daub construction, but the
shrine rooms of the more wealthy are walled with stone. Poorer families imitate
the rich by applying pottery plaques to their shrine walls.
While each family has at least one such shrine, the rituals associated with it
are not family ceremonies but are private and secret. The rites are normally
only discussed with children, and then only during the period when they are
being initiated into these mysteries. I was able, however, to establish sufficient
503
504 American Anthropologist [58, 1956
rapport with the natives to examine these shrines and to have the rituals de-
scribed to me.
The focal point of the shrine is a box or chest which is built into the wall.
In this chest are kept the many charms and magical potions without which
no native believes he could live. These preparations are secured from a variety
of specialized practitioners. The most powerful of these are the medicine men,
whose assistance must be rewarded with substantial gifts. However, the medi-
cine men do not provide the curative potions for their clients, but decide what
the ingredients should be and then write them down in an ancient and secret
language. This writing is understood only by the medicine men and by the
herbalists who, for another gift, provide the required charm.
The charm is not disposed of after it has served its purpose, but is placed in
the charm-box of the household shrine. As these magical materials are specific
for certain ills, and the real or imagined maladies of the people are many, the
charm-box is usually full to overflowing. The magical packets are so numerous
that people forget what their purposes were and fear to use them again. While
the natives are very vague on this point, we can only assume that the idea in
retaining all the old magical materials is that their presence in the charm-box,
before which the body rituals are conducted, will in some way protect the
worshipper. Beneath the charm-box is a small font. Each day every member of the
family, in succession, enters the shrine room, bows his head before the charm-
box, mingles different sorts of holy water in the font, and proceeds with a
brief rite of ablution. The holy waters are secured from the Water Temple
of the community, where the priests conduct elaborate ceremonies to make the
liquid ritually pure.
In the hierarchy of magical practitioners, and below the medicine men in
prestige, are specialists whose designation is best translated "holy-mouth-
men." The Nacirema have an almost pathological horror of and fascination
with the mouth, the condition of which is believed to have a supernatural in-
fluence on all social relationships. Were it not for the rituals of the mouth,
they believe that their teeth would fall out, their gums bleed, their jaws shrink,
their friends desert them, and their lovers reject them. They also believe that a
strong relationship exists between oral and moral characteristics. For example,
there is a ritual ablution of the mouth for children which is supposed to im-
prove their moral fiber.
The daily body ritual performed by everyone includes a mouth-rite. De-
spite the fact that these people are so punctilious about care of the mouth, this
rite involves a practice which strikes the uninitiated stranger as revolting. It
was reported to me that the ritual consists of inserting a small bundle of hog
hairs into the mouth, along with certain magical powders, and then moving the
bundle in a highly formalized series of gestures.
In addition to the private mouth-rite, the people seek out a holy-mouth-
man once or twice a year. These practitioners have an impressive set of para-
phernalia, consisting of a variety of augers, awls, probes, and prods. The use of
MINER] Nacirema Ritual 505
these objects in the exorcism of the evils of the mouth involves almost unbe-
lievable ritual torture of the client. The holy-mouth-man opens the client's
mouth and, using the above mentioned tools, enlarges any holes which decay
may have created in the teeth. Magical materials are put into these holes. If
there are no naturally occurring holes in the teeth, large sections of one or more
teeth are gouged out so that the supernatural substance can be applied. In
the client's view, the purpose of these ministrations is to arrest decay and to
draw friends. The extremely sacred and traditional character of the rite is
evident in the fact that the natives return to the holy-mouth-men year after
year, despite the fact that their teeth continue to decay.
It is to be hoped that, when a thorough study of the Nacirema is made,
there will be careful inquiry into the personality structure of these people.
One has but to watch the gleam in the eye of a holy-mouth-man, as he jabs an
awl into an exposed nerve, to suspect that a certain amount of sadism is in-
volved. If this can be established, a very interesting pattern emerges, for most
of the population shows definite masochistic tendencies. It was to these that
Professor Linton referred in discussing a distinctive part of the daily body rit-
ual which is performed only by men. This part of the rite involves scraping
and lacerating the surface of the face with a sharp instrument. Special wo-
men's rites are performed only four times during each lunar month, but what
they lack in frequency is made up in barbarity. As part of this ceremony,
women bake their heads in small ovens for about an hour. The theoretically
interesting point is that what seems to be a preponderantly masochistic people
have developed sadistic specialists.
The medicine men have an imposing temple, or lati pso, in every community
of any size. The more elaborate ceremonies required to treat very sick patients
can only be performed at this temple. These ceremonies involve not only the
thaumaturge but a permanent group of vestal maidens who move sedately
about the temple chambers in distinctive costume and headdress.
The latipso ceremonies are so harsh that it is phenomenal that a fair pro-
portion of the really sick natives who enter the temple ever recover. Small
children whose indoctrination is still incomplete have been known to resist
attempts to take them to the temple because "that is where you go to die."
Despite this fact, sick adults are not only willing but eager to undergo the
protracted ritual purification, if they can afford to do so. No matter how ill
the supplicant or how grave the emergency, the guardians of many temples
will not admit a client if he cannot give a rich gift to the custodian. Even after
one has gained admission and survived the ceremonies, the guardians will not
permit the neophyte to leave until he makes still another gift.
The supplicant entering the temple is first stripped of all his or her clothes.
In every-day life the Nacirema avoids exposure of his body and its natural
functions. Bathing and excretory acts are performed only in the secrecy of the
household shrine, where they are ritualized as part of the body-rites. Psycho-
logical shock results from the fact that body secrecy is suddenly lost upon
entry into the latipso. A man, whose own wife has never seen him in an excre-
506 American Anthropologist (58, 1956
tory act, suddenly finds himself naked and assisted by a vestal maiden while
he performs his natural functions into a sacred vessel. This sort of ceremonial
treatment is necessitated by the fact that the excreta are used by a diviner to
ascertain the course and nature of the client's sickness. Female clients, on the
other hand, find their naked bodies are subjected to the scrutiny, manipulation
and prodding of the medicine men.
Few supplicants in the temple are well enough to do anything but lie on
their hard beds. The daily ceremonies, like the rites of the holy-mouth-men,
involve discomfort and torture. With ritual precision, the vestals awaken their
miserable charges each dawn and roll them about on their beds of pain while
performing ablutions, in the formal movements of which the maidens are
highly trained. At other times they insert magic wands in the supplicant's
mouth or force him to eat substances which are supposed to be healing. From
time to time the medicine men come to their clients and jab magically treated
needles into their flesh. The fact that these temple ceremonies may not cure,
and may even kill the neophyte, in no way decreases the people's faith in the
medicine men.
There remains one other kind of practitioner, known as a "listener." This
witch-doctor has the power to exorcise the devils that lodge in the heads of
people who have been bewitched. The Nacirema believe that parents bewitch
their own children. Mothers are particularly suspected of putting a curse on
children while teaching them the secret body rituals. The counter-magic of the
witch-doctor is unusual in its lack of ritual. The patient simply tells the "lis-
tener" all his troubles and fears, beginning with the earliest difficulties he can
remember. The memory displayed by the Nacirema in these exorcism sessions
is truly remarkable. It is not uncommon for the patient to bemoan the rejec-
tion he felt upon being weaned as a babe, and a few individuals even see their
troubles going back to the traumatic effects of their own birth.
In conclusion, mention must be made of certain practices which have their
base in native esthetics but which depend upon the pervasive aversion to the
natural body and its functions. There are ritual fasts to make fat people thin
and ceremonial feasts to make thin people fat. Still other rites are used to
make women's breasts larger if they are small, and smaller if they are large.
General dissatisfaction with breast shape is symbolized in the fact that the
ideal form is virtually outside the range of human variation. A few women
aflicted with almost inhuman hypermammary development are so idolized
that they make a handsome living by simply going from village to village and
permitting the natives to stare at them for a fee.
Reference has already been made to the fact that excretory functions are
ritualized, routinized, and relegated to secrecy. Natural reproductive functions
are similarly distorted. Intercourse is taboo as a topic and scheduled as an act.
Efforts are made to avoid pregnancy by the use of magical materials or by
limiting intercourse to certain phases of the moon. Conception is actually very
infrequent. When pregnant, women dress so as to hide their condition. Parturi-
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tion takes place in secret, without friends or relatives to assist, and the majority
of women do not nurse their infants.
Our review of the ritual life of the Nacirema has certainly shown them to be
a magic-ridden people. It is hard to understand how they have managed to
exist so long under the burdens which they have imposed upon themselves. But
even such exotic customs as these take on real meaning when they are viewed
with the insight provided by Malinowski when he wrote (1948:70):
Looking from far and above, from our high places of safety in the developed civiliza-
tion, it is easy to see all the crudity and irrelevance of magic. But without its power
and guidance early man could not have mastered his practical difficulties as he has
done, nor could man have advanced to the higher stages of civilization.
REFERENCES CITED
LINTON, RALPH
1936 The Study of Man. New York, D. Appleton-Century Co.
MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW
1948 Magic, Science, and Religion. Glencoe, The Free Press.
MURDOCK, GEORGE P.
1949 Social Structure. New York, The Macmill
Ok guys you need to listen to this!!
I had the strangest dream yesterday! I woke up in this dream plane and I was like the hell ? And turned to see silver looking confused at me . He asked who was I and what was I doing here ? And where is malleus and fa- I mean Lilia. I asked him was it that malleus overbloted ? He replied positively but asked who was I and how did I know? I smiled and replied, I am one of the countless yuu that has come before and will come after. He was confused and asked me that is not possible as I can't be yuu. Then I asked him if he can tell me how did yuu look like? He wanted to say something but nothing came out and was visibly disturbed at the fact that he can't remember. I simply smiled and said him not to worry and go save his yuu . He asked me to come along but I replied I don't belong there and none of us do , we all love him and all of them in our different ways,to advise to another heart never let go of their hands and suddenly I woke up???.
It's very odd ??
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happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!
though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!
thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!
relationship headcanons for silver vanrouge
or; what itâs like to date night raven collegeâs own sleeping beauty
featuring silver vanrouge and a gender neutral reader
not requested
see my pinned post or my diasomnia masterlist
Modern AU.
Luo Binghe is in love with Shen Yuan, the younger brother of the university's most feared professor (Shen Jiu)
[ Idk how it works in other countries but this is a meme in LATAM lmao I hope u get it ]
The Only Exception (Emo!Keith/Camp Counselor AU pt.3)
Scum Villain AU roughly based on cdrama "How Dare You" (ćä˝ä˝çť), where Shen Yuan transmigrates into the doomed scum concubine Shen Qingqiu, and mistakes Luo Binghe for a fellow transmigrator after Luo Binghe says some unintentionally misleading things and then manages to answer a question posed to him in English.
In reality, Luo Binghe read a book in his own universe that was about a demon named Mobei Jun, who died in his sleep thanks to his uncle's assassination and then awoke in another body, in a fantastical universe of many strange contraptions, where humans ruled supreme and cultivation/magic like his was unheard of. With his powers brought over from that other world, and with the help of a native strategist who would become his eternal companion, Mobei Jun was able to conquer that world and unlock its hidden potential through demonic cultivation.
The stock phrase which Shen Qingqiu threw at him was also in the novel, but said novel was an extremely rare volume, allegedly only one copy exists and that copy is in Luo Binghe's possession. It soon becomes clear to Binghe that Shen Qingqiu, like Mobei Jun, is a transmigrator, except he has somehow come to Binghe's world instead of the reverse. Unlike Mobei Jun, this new Shen Qingqiu has also read the story of Luo Binghe's rule, his future, and his Bad Ending after he is successfully assassinated and supplanted.
Shen Qingqiu: ah, I'm glad I'm not alone in this! although it is a bit of a shame...
Luo Binghe: ?
Shen Qingqiu: well you wouldn't know since you didn't read the book, but the best part of the story was your character! even though he could be tyrannical and terrifying and was a total chuuni, Bingge was really admirable in his own way.
Luo Binghe: ...well um. but what if. I mean, what if I really was him? would you like that?
Shen Qingqiu: of course not! I'd be doomed if you were him! no, it's better this way. I just wish I could have actually met him, even once. oh but it's fine, you seem nice too! and at least this way I get to look at Bingge's beautiful face without it being weird. no homo, of course. I'm straight I just read this book because it was a top listing on zhongdian.
Luo Binghe: *nodding* *internally screaming*
[requested] ⼠More than once? ââš
ááᢠTAGS: AFAB body reader, praising (giving), reader is dominant, consensual somnophilia, oral (giving), in public. MDNI; ageless and blank blogs don't interact. ááᢠA/N: hear ye hear ye come get yalls silver juice LKSJFDLFKJDGALK im sorry ill see myself out. the person that requested this asked for praising silver and indulging his kink, based on the alphabet i wrote for him some months ago (omg i completely forgot about it lmaoo i'll finish it i promiseee) so I THINK they referred to letter D........i hope......... | áâ ^. .^â . . . TWST MASTERLIST
In the far corner of an empty classroom, after everyone has gone back to their dorms or is attending club activities, Silver napped on your shoulder, cheek squished against it.
Up since the early hours of the morning to train and hurry to class straight away, Silver was worn out by the end of the day. Nothing out of the ordinaryâthat was what his day-to-day schedule looked likeâyet his curse reared its bothersome head at the most inconvenient of times.
Silverâs body ran warmer when asleepâŚor maybe, it was just because of your inciting touches, and his body reacted unbeknownst to him. A soft sigh hitched past his lips, as you had him seeking your touch with a gentle twitch of his hips, eyebrows knit tight in pleasure. So far, all you had done was tease him through his pants, the tent concealed growing twice in size. After a while of doing just that, you eased him out, closing your hand around his leaking member. You touched the flushed tip with your thumb, earning yet another velvety gasp from him.
When he awakened, the first thought bubbling in his head was how hot the classroom was, the surge of pleasure becoming visible the more he blinked lethargy away. He panted at the sight of your hand stroking his cock, the tip a mess from how much precum beaded on it to the point it dripped along the lengthâŚ
Through a foggy recollection of past conversations, Silver remembered the one you had regarding this issue a few days ago, after your insistence on him being more open about what he wanted. He tended to ignore his wants for yours. You managed to figure it out by intuition and by getting him to open up about it. Otherwise, youâd still have not a single clue.
self indulgent au where sy is an exotics veterinarian and lbh is a vet/werewolf in disguise
Twisted horrorland/ Twisted wonderland horror au Smut headcanons
Just kinda messing around and slinging ideas at the wall about the horror trope inspired twst guys and what they'd be like if they did finally get into gender neutral Yuu's pants
This is 18+ and this is yandere so Trigger Warning for all associated topics and themes.
Tw: idk dick and sex mention, potential dubcon (they're obsessive touchy yanderes who are serial killers and several require a diet of sentient organics to live, so they're not really great at minding anyone's boundaries so some level of dubcon is kinda to be expected), violence mention (the entire au is about serial killers and horror movie tropes, there's likely at least some passing mention of violence), cannibalism- not towards reader- some of the guys require fellow sentients to eat, uhmm idk what else to put but if sex, yanderes and mentions of horror movie cliches are not your vibe then either don't read or proceed with caution
Horny under cut, all the main guys are 18+ in this au as usual but like y'know, been awhile since I've posted about this au so reminder of that plus the fact many of the guys technically aren't human and that horrorland runs on horror movie tropes and plots and that Yuu, from Earth, looks particularly vibrant compared to most horrorland denizens and this is a point of fascinating for many yanderes
Thoughts on Scents
So I wanted to just give my thoughts on some interesting scent options, because no hate to sandalwood, it seems like everyone always smells like it in fics. And since I also have an indie perfume obsession, I wanted to share some scents that may broaden people's horizons. I may do a part two depending on how well I like how this turned out.
Pine resin, with hints of wood smoke, and warm brandy.
The smell of damp fresh earth after a summer rain.
Palo santo, dry desert grasses, and sage
Amber, laudanum, and frankincense
Tobacco, burnt grasses, with hints of citrus
Pine needles, forest floor, and stone
Saltwater, ambergris, fresh rain, beach sand
Stone, oakmoss, clay, and wet concrete
Animal fur musk, mulled wine, and a cold winter breeze
Freshly washed linen, lemon cakes, and black tea
Coconut, dark rum, and sugarcane
Leather bound books, a dying fire, and cedar
A crisp fall evening, apple orchards, and toasted marshmallows
Magnolias, Spanish moss, and honeysuckle
Sun warmed earth, tomato plants, and iced tea
Cactus flowers, sweet grass, and wood dry vanilla
Lemon grass, heliotrope, and sugar cookies
Dead leaves, dry hay, and cognac
And that's no even touching on all the different kinds of plants, flowers, and foods. I could go on for a very long time.
Day 10 of 365 - Fine.
It's that scene from chapter 328:
It felt like his heart was being ripped in half. Javier, unaware of his feelings, continued to ask if he was okay with his gaze. "Yeah, I'm fine. Really," managed Lloyd.
Does it count as a hug? According to a friend: "There's two of them and Lloyd has an arm around him. I say it does" đ Double hugs ahead to compensate!
Day 41 of 365
Javier unable to stay asleep because it leaves Lloyd vulnerable? Is my jam đ
glory to the shovel!
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You closed your legs when you saw Silver crouch in front of your splayed position on the edge of your bed, thinking it was an impromptu nap he wanted to take on your lap. An odd choice, considering he could lie on the bed instead of on Ramshakleâs wooden floor, but you didnât question his sleep-related whims.
Then, his fingers closed around the underside of your thigh, and the moment you felt him lifting your leg up, you flailed around in bewilderment.
âSilver, what are you doing?â You faintly hear your blood thrumming in your ears from how taken aback you were. Not that this would be the first time youâve gotten intimate with him, but this suddenness was a first.
âIâve been thinking about this all day,â the earnestness with which he said it seized your heart. Silverâs words and actions were honest, even in a moment like this. Sincerity through those crystalline eyes of his, thumb caressing your thigh. âIf I were to ask you to let me keep going like this, would I be asking for too much?â
Thank you for feeding the Silver fans đ