Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices among Oraons

Joshi, P. C.; Kaushal, Sonia; Katewa, Shashi; Devi, Oinam Hemlata

doi:10.1080/0972639x.2006.11886547

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“…Usually, the malevolent sorcerer will source assistance from malevolent spirits or malevolent supernatural beings like jinn or indiki. The witch may cause illness or misfortune by way of direct or indirect methods (Joshi, Kaushal, Katewa, & Devi, 2006). The sorcerer masters the properties that can be found in plants and uses them in the direct method to inflict hallucinations, cause physical symptoms like vomiting, rashes, fever, stomach, or chest pain, cause miscarriages, or to poison an individual or cause death.…”

Section: Black Magicmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of illness conceptualizations in African, Hindu, and Islamic traditions: towards cultural competence

Laher

2014

South African Journal of Psychology

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Increasingly, research, teaching, and practice emphasize the need for cultural competency among healthcare practitioners. Most training programmes include modules on cultural competency based on a knowledge, skills, and awareness model. In line with the knowledge and awareness objectives of cultural competency, this article focuses on the conceptualization of illness from an Islamic, Hindu, and African perspective. It discusses spiritual illness, a category of illness recognized in all three traditions but marginalized in mainstream literature. This marginalization has given rise to debates as to whether a separate Islamic psychology, a Hindu psychology, African psychology (or other Psychology) should exist. This article explores these areas briefly concluding with arguments on the need for current teaching, research, and practice to take more cognizance of cultural views of illness.

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Section: Black Magicmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of illness conceptualizations in African, Hindu, and Islamic traditions: towards cultural competence

Laher

2014

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…Both men and women can become bisahi although references to female bisahis are more frequent. Most of the female witches are reported to be old women or childless women (Joshi et al, 2006).…”

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Prevalence on Witchcraft Beliefs and The Psychological Well-Being of Elderly People in Masaba South Sub-County Kisii County Kenya

Nyakweba¹,

Munywoki²,

Ntarangwe³

2022

IJRISS

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Witchcraft is a world phenomenon. Some people do belief in it on their daily life and this has brought a lot of anxiety, fear from the threats given to the victims. This study investigated the prevalence on witchcraft beliefs and psychological well-being of elderly people in Nyakumbati Sub-location in Masaba South Sub-count, Kisii County Kenya. The study adopted a mixed method approach; a convergent parallel design was employed to enable the researcher investigate the relationship between prevalence on witchcraft beliefs and the psychological well-being of elderly people. Simple random sampling was employed to select a sample of 164 respondents from the 280 elderly people receiving cash transfer from the Kenyan Government in Nyakumbati Sub-location. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using statistical Software Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22. Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient was used to ensure reliability of research instruments. The findings indicate that majority of the elderly People belief in witchcraft (56.3%). Many elderly people (48.3%) agreed that beliefs in witchcraft have interfered with relationships in the community. Also majority of the elderly people (60.3%) agreed that Witchcraft practices are dangerous in the community. Witchcraft practices are feared within the community this was taken by 61.6% of the respondents. At the same time majority of the elderly people (62.3%) agreed that Witchcraft practices are carried in hidden manners and finally 41.7% of the elderly stated that they are vulnerable to witchcraft activities. The findings on the relationship between psychological well-being and witchcraft beliefs show that there was: a weak relationship of 0.061 on self-acceptance, a moderate relationship of 0.331 on positive relations and a moderate relationship of 0.530 on purpose in life. The final findings show that there is a weak relationship between prevalence on witchcraft beliefs and the psychological well-being of elderly people. The study recommends and appeals to government leaders, educators and church stakeholders to strive further towards addressing witchcraft related issues. Additionally, social workers, counselors and psychologists should be assigned through the cooperation of church and government to cater for the psychological well-being of the elderly people in the community.

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“…Konow, 1942: 160ff); Draviḍic: Oraons or Kurukhs (cf. Babb, 1975;Joshi et al 2006;MacDonald, 2005 andMacDonald, 2021), Gonds (cf. Sundar, 1997and Bhagvat, 1972, Baigas; 18 Indo-Aryan: Bhīls (cf.…”

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A Witchcraft-related cases in India during the Outbreak of Covid 19 Pandemic

Spanò

2023

JBASR

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Abstract In India the belief in witches is a phenomenon that is linked to specific elements both of Hindu cults, whose devotional expressions and folkloric elements are rooted in the Vedic texts, and the belief systems of some indigenous communities. Indeed, although influenced by the expressions of the Hindu faith, these groups have retained specific characteristics, in which magical elements like the relationship with evil powers, from which the belief in witchcraft practices derives, are paramount. However, a study of witch-hunting episodes must also consider the social dimension in which they occur, as scholars working on this subject over the last decades did. Most witch hunts occur within closed social systems, based on patriarchy (or which have undergone patriarchalization processes in recent decades) and affected by Hinduization and tribalization. Finally, the analysis of beliefs in witchcraft helps to unveil the power relations that underlie these beliefs. On the one hand, this paper aims to reflect on the religious roots of the belief in witches, without neglecting the possible interpretations just mentioned above; on the other hand, it aims to present an initial assessment of the incidence of the phenomenon in 2020, at a particularly dramatic historical moment marked by the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic. The data presented are partial but indicative as they have been collected through daily monitoring of the main Indian newspapers in English and some national and local newspapers in Hindi.

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Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices among Oraons

Cited by 6 publications

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An overview of illness conceptualizations in African, Hindu, and Islamic traditions: towards cultural competence

An overview of illness conceptualizations in African, Hindu, and Islamic traditions: towards cultural competence

Prevalence on Witchcraft Beliefs and The Psychological Well-Being of Elderly People in Masaba South Sub-County Kisii County Kenya

A Witchcraft-related cases in India during the Outbreak of Covid 19 Pandemic

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