Chapter I: Front Matter

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INDIAN NOTES
AND MONOGRAPHS

EDITED BY F. W. HODGE

A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS
RELATING TO THE
AMERICAN ABORIGINES

RELIGION AND CEREMONIES
OF THE LENAPE

BY
M. R. HARRINGTON

NEW YORK
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
HEYE FOUNDATION
1921

RELIGION AND CEREMONIES
OF THE LENAPE

BY
M. R. HARRINGTON

CONTENTS

PAGE

Preface 13

CHAPTER I
Pantheon 17
Supreme Being 18
Evil Spirit 24
Manĭʹtowŭk of the Four Directions 25
The Sun 27
The Moon 28
The Earth 28
Thunder Beings 29
Keepers of the Heavens 31
Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn, or Living Solid Face 32
Mother Corn 43

CHAPTER II
Minor Deities 45
Doll Being 45
Tornado 47
Snow Boy 48
Comet 48
Evil Manĭʹtowŭk 49
Animal Spirits 49
Plant Spirits 51
Local Genii 51

CHAPTER III
Survival of the Soul 52
The Soul 52
The Land of Spirits 52
Ghosts and Mediumship 54
Early Accounts 56
Penn 56
Brainerd 56
Zeisberger 57

CHAPTER IV
Visions and Guardian Spirits 61
Initiation of Boys 63
Other Visions 64
The Guardian Spirit 65
Favored Individuals 66
Unami Examples 67
Minsi Examples 72
Historical References 77
Brainerd 77
Zeisberger 77
Loskiel 78
Heckewelder 78
Adams 80