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Art/Literary - Archaeology | | English term or phrase: Bakbakwalanooksiwae and Winalagilis | | The central feature of the winter or ‘cedar bark dance’ was the possession of the initiate by spirits such as those of Bakbakwalanooksiwae, the man-eating spirit, or Winalagilis, the warrior spirit. |
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| | 北方食人肉戰士 | Explanation:
BakbakwalanooksiwaeBakbakwalanooksiwae is the primary figure in the Kwakiutl Hamatsa ceremony. His name means 'Great Cannibal at the North End of the Earth.
www.pantheon.org/articles/b/bakbakwalanooksiwae.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
The Serpent in Kwakiutl Religion. A Study in Primitive Culture ...Winalagilis the war god and Baxbakual-anuxsiwae the canibal monster. Light and darkness; life and death. Kantsoump and Qaneqelaku. ...
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Indian Mythology - Secret Societies And Their Tutelaries... originated as warrior fraternities among the Kwakiutl, whose two most famed tutelaries are the Cannibal and Winalagilis, the Warrior of the North. ...
www.oldandsold.com/articles26/indian-mythology-66.shtml - 15k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
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