Punitive ancestral spirits
Associated Documents (1)
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White, Claire | The dead may kill you: Do ancestor spirit beliefs promote cooperation in traditional small-scale... | Article |
Associated Hypotheses (3)
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White, Claire | 2022 | Small-scale societies will believe that ancestral spirits are capable of harming the living. | |
White, Claire | 2022 | Societies will believe that ancestral spirits are more concerned in the living’s interaction with the spirits rather than the living’s interactions with each other. | |
White, Claire | 2022 | The living believe they can prevent harm from ancestral spirits. |