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Title	Sorcery beliefs and oral tradition in Cheticamp, Cape Breton
Author	Planetta, Elizabeth Beaton.
Description	Thesis (M.A.) -- Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1981. Folklore
Date	1980
Pagination	vi, 183 leaves : ill.
Subject	Witchcraft--Nova Scotia--Cheticamp; Chéticamp (N.S.)
Degree	M.A.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore
Discipline	Folklore
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Nova Scotia--Cape Breton Island--Cheticamp
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 177-183.
Abstract	During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Cheticamp area of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, events took place which were considered to be the machinations of certain persons who were known to be sorciers. The people of Cheticamp reacted to these happenings by performing rituals which were believed to deliver the victim from the sorcery. Although sorcery is no longer practised in the community of Cheticamp, the tradition of belief in such practices lives on in contemporary oral tradition. -- An analysis of primary and secondary historical accounts in conjunction with such oral traditions of Cheitcamp reveals narratives concerning sorcery, and esoteric and exoteric views and values of the community. These in turn suggest reasons for the activation of the sorcery beliefs during the period under consideration, and indicate the present state of these beliefs. -- The period from the 1870's to the 1930's witnessed changes in the traditional livelihood, family religion, and language of Cheticamp. This thesis hypothesizes that anxiety generated over these changes which threatened the values of the community, caused a belief in "sorcerie" to function as a means of social control.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	75148573
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(41.48 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Planetta_ElizabethCatherineBeaton.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	312015.cpd