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In the vast great mounting surrounded by secret huge Cedar Forest was the home of a giant creature called Humbaba. This creature wasn’t afraid of anything and he would instantly kill anything that will come on his territory. Anybody who lived in the surrounding was scared of being attacked in everyday life. The giant refused to allow anyone to walk through the Cedar Forest without his approval. People who lived in Urok kingdom were all in danger and fear; they decided to bring the matter to

In 1930, a newsman in The Pas, Manitoba, wrote about a little Inuit town right off of Lake Angikuni. The town had dependably respected the hide trappers who went through once in a while. In any case, in 1930 Joe Labelle, a hide trapper surely understood in the town, found that every one of the villagers had gone. He discovered unfinished shirts that still had needles in them and sustenance hanging over flame pits and in this manner reasoned that the villagers had left all of a sudden. Considerably additionally aggravating, he discovered seven sled puppies dead from starvation and a grave that had been uncovered. Labelle realized that a creature couldn't have been mindful in light of the fact that the stones revolving around the grave were undisturbed.

The men were trapped within the darkness of the cave and could not clearly see the objects, all they saw were shadows of the images projected onto the wall from what little light they had. These men are stuck at the first level of the divided line, the image level. When freed from the chains, they were able to turn their heads towards the light, and then with the help of the light the prisoners were clearly able to see the images for what they actually were. They were able to identify the objects. From there they created enough traction to leave the cave and go up into the light, or the good. However, they did not want to leave, this newfound knowledge scared

After eating some food and resting, he headed to the village nearby. At his arrival, “the whole village was roused”. “Children shrieked” and “women fainted”. “Some fled, some attacked” the creature. The creature was “grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons”. He ran away and “fearfully took refuge in a low hovel”. (p. 83)

"Body Ritual Among the Nacirema" is significant as it establishes the issue of representation in ethnography. The purpose of the article is to raise the question of how can we study a different culture from the outside and how can we understand our own culture from within. Culture can be defined in many ways, Tylor (1871) stated that culture is; “…that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” Therefore, the article presents the topic of cultural relativism, arguing that there is no impartial viewpoint from which to assess cultures, that every culture should be interpreted and understood from the

Every Culture has a set of rituals that they partake in, that are often constructed over a long period of time. Simple Actions, and special moments contain so much meaning and make everlasting memories. All rituals despite the locations they originate from, or the location they are carried out in contain the same components, they are repetitive, symbolic, remind a certain group of people about their values and beliefs, and these rituals commemorate a significant moment. For example christians commemorate the birth of christ by attending mass, and many other cultures celebrate this moment in many different ways that have in depth symbolic meaning. In the book “Guests of the Sheik” by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea rituals play a major role. Fernea’s husband Bob is an anthropologist studying the occupants of a small village named El Nahra and their culture. Fernea has documented her experiences, and adventures, and her perspective of the many rituals that the townspeople participate in such as, Ramadan, Muharram, weddings, and pilgrimages. In Muslim culture pilgrimages are immensely important and can even lead to an elevated status. Such as the pilgrimage to Mecca. Fernea is able to participate in a pilgrimage to Karbala with a couple of the towns women she had befriended. The Pilgrimage to Karbala is a symbolic, and cultural ritual in the aspect that it is reenacted every year, and is full of symbolic meaning, commemorates an important occasion and reminds a culture about their

At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner. From the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size. Within the wall thus exposed by the displacing of the bones, we perceived a still interior recess, in depth about four feet, in width three, in height six or seven. It seemed to have been constructed for no especial use within itself, but formed merely the interval between two of the colossal supports of the roof of the catacombs, and was backed by one of their circumscribing walls of solid

With the rumours of dinosaur-like creatures stalking the dark corners of Africa, Ley believed that it was possible the Babylonians had not only heard of such a creature, but have seen one -- or even had one living in captivity within their city walls, behind the Ishtar Gate.

This study examines Horace Miner’s essay “Body Rituals Among the Nacirema. While using the participant observation approach, he gives us a new perspective on the daily behaviors within this group of people. Exploring ethnocentrism and how we view cultures outside of our own.

Everyone continued with their lives, the simple notice of an enemy rising seemed to slip their sights. Until the day that it happened. A monster from the depths below, one that no one had ever imagined to exist, tore its way through the settlement before leaving with some of the remaining humans. Those that were Hunters from a Tribe followed it, finding the bodies of their fellow survivors lifeless in the woods not far from the settlement. This was the beginning of their true

Scary and dangerous. We don’t really see the animals but the people of the damned city

The author begins the article by preparing the audience what is about to come. Telling the audience that cultures around the world have unusual customs and an anthropologist would even seek out a culture that has one when everyone seems to agree. He then talks about the Nacirema tribe and the extremities of their practices.

A couple of the vermin that infest their planet had discovered the joys of daytime dining. Specifically, a Deinonychus, maybe a pair, as they usually travel in pairs, had begun hunting in the daytime, especially early mornings and late afternoons. The natives now firmly believed that these creatures were in fact responsible for the invasion of the Dark Castle and the deaths of its

With the cultural differences, it is hard to understand why the Nacirema make these rituals a huge importance. Ethnocentrism plays a role, and is very present because it is very easy to judge one group’s behaviours and beliefs from the perspective of our own. It may be because it is something that we are not accustomed to or may find odd and unethical. If we were to put ourselves in their shoes, it is certain the cultures around the world may find our own “rituals and traditions” to be odd as well.

“Body Rituals Among the Nacirema,” is a satirical article written by Horace Miner in 1956. The article is about a North American tribe named Nacirema and goes into detail about the tribe’s body rituals. Nacirema (word play for American) customs are set in an unfamiliar environment and presented as exotic. The demonstration of how one may perceive other cultures was by describing American culture differently. The unfamiliarity allows an outsider perspective; it increases the ability to see the strange in the familiar. Cultures have different notion of what is normal and what is strange. The use of parallel structure displays how we may view cultures that do not abide the same norms and shows the ethnocentrism. American culture is not as normal, as it seems, therefore we should respect the cultures outside of our own.