Traditional belief systems and trade in vulture parts are leading to the eradication of vultures in Nigeria: an ethno-ornithological study of north-central Nigeria

Ostrich ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Michael M Williams ◽  
Ulf Ottosson ◽  
Talatu Tende ◽  
Justus P Deikumah
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
North Central ◽  
Traditional Belief

scholarly journals Weathering the Storm: Supernatural belief and cooperation in an insecure world

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Anne McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Resource Availability ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Supernatural Beliefs ◽  
Belief Content

Religious and supernatural beliefs may facilitate social life by promoting and sustaining cooperation, but the specific cooperation problems each society faces may lead to unique belief systems adapted to local socio-ecological conditions. As societies mix and belief systems spread, local and introduced belief systems may present conflicting solutions to the same social problem. How do we choose among these different solutions? The present study recruits participation from villagers living on Yasawa Island, Fiji (N=179), who espouse both Christian and traditional beliefs that promote different expectations about local and distant others. This study focuses on the relationships among existential/ resource insecurity and supernatural beliefs across these belief systems using an experimental priming procedure and a dictator game to allocate food resources. Though reminders of insecurity had no impact on allocations, the effects of being reminded of Christian or Traditional belief depended on (was moderated by) how worried participants were about resource availability and beliefs about the Christian God’s tendency toward punishment or forgiveness. Analyses of interview data suggest Christian and Traditional imagery may evoke different conceptions of Gods as either supportive (Christian) or authoritarian (Traditional). Results highlight belief content as key for sustaining different social support networks and traditional belief/ knowledge systems as a source of community resilience against threats like natural disasters.

scholarly journals Traditional Belief Systems and Maternal Mortality in a Semi-Urban Community in Southern Nigeria

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper Chiwuzie ◽  
Chike Okolocha
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Southern Nigeria

scholarly journals Native Witchcraft Beliefs in Acadian, Maritime and Newfoundland Folklore

Ethnologies ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Ronald Labelle
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Aboriginal Population ◽  
Traditional Belief ◽  
Aboriginal Populations

Acadian traditional legends and beliefs have been collected and studied by various scholars, the foremost being Catherine Jolicoeur, who collected approximately 400 narratives dealing with the Aboriginal population of the Maritimes as part of her fieldwork in Acadian areas of New Brunswick. This article examines the issue of belief in Native witchcraft, not only in Acadian folklore, but also among anglophones of the Maritimes and Newfoundland, in order to point out similarities or differences in their traditional belief systems, and also in their attitudes towards Native groups. A comparison is made between the views held by Roman Catholic and Protestant groups, and particular attention is given to gender considerations regarding the identity of “witches,” drawing on sources ranging from the late seventeenth up to the twentieth century. The article demonstrates that during all periods of history since the first contacts between Europeans and the Aboriginal populations of the Atlantic Provinces, the former have viewed the latter as being potentially dangerous, and have suspected them of possessing malevolent supernatural powers.

The role of traditional belief systems in conserving biological diversity in the Eastern Himalaya Eco-region of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-30
Author(s):  
M. Janaki ◽  
Rohan Pandit ◽  
Rishi K. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
Traditional Belief

Understanding traditional belief systems in Northeast India: revisiting the oral world through literature

Time and Mind ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-316
Author(s):  
Arbina Phonglo
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Traditional Belief

scholarly journals Traditional Belief Systems and Maternal Health in Kilifi South Sub-County, Kilifi County, Kenya

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Philis Akisa Wabwire ◽  
Emily Okuto ◽  
Michael T. Okuku
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Traditional Belief

Stromatoporoids from the Famennian (Devonian) Wabamun Formation, Normandville oilfield, north–central Alberta, Canada

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (03) ◽  
pp. 411-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin W. Stearn
Keyword(s):  
Patch Reef ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
North Central ◽  
Biotic Crisis

Stromatoporoids are the principal framebuilding organisms in the patch reef that is part of the reservoir of the Normandville field. The reef is 10 m thick and 1.5 km2in area and demonstrates that stromatoporoids retained their ability to build reefal edifices into Famennian time despite the biotic crisis at the close of Frasnian time. The fauna is dominated by labechiids but includes three non-labechiid species. The most abundant species isStylostroma sinense(Dong) butLabechia palliseriStearn is also common. Both these species are highly variable and are described in terms of multiple phases that occur in a single skeleton. The other species described areClathrostromacf.C. jukkenseYavorsky,Gerronostromasp. (a columnar species), andStromatoporasp. The fauna belongs in Famennian/Strunian assemblage 2 as defined by Stearn et al. (1988).

Review of Living As If: Belief Systems in Mental Health Practice.

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-380
Author(s):  
Loreto R. Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Mental Health Practice ◽  
As If
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