Diet Taboos and Totem Worship
Ling Jin
Abstract
Ling Jin
Abstract
In western Hunan there are some incredible diet taboos, such as: carp taboos of the FUs ( Fu--a surname), rice field eel taboo of the people in Chongshan, chicken taboo in Luxi, etc. These taboosare just a form of totem worship. The article probes into the relationship between these taboos and worship, and the cause of the development of totem worship.
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In western Hunan there are some incredible diet taboos, such as: carp taboos of the FUs ( Fu--a surname), rice field eel taboo of the people in Chongshan, chicken taboo in Luxi, etc. These taboosare just a form of totem worship. The article probes into the relationship between these taboos and worship, and the cause of the development of totem worship.
Key concepts: Totem, Taboo, Worship, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Theology, Archaeology