LOHMANN AND LAMPE

Week 07 Written Assignment - Lohmann and Lampe



Abstract

This paper discusses the concept of distinction between natural and super natural provided by Roger Ivar Lohmann and Fritz Lampe. There defined concepts and arguments are discussed here on the belief of Papua New Guinean that menstrual blood is dangerous to men. Here we have investigated that why the two anthropologists refer the belief as natural or super natural.

The belief of Papua Guinean about women's sexual fluid posits a supernatural world according to Roger Ivar Lohmann. He argues that the distinction for this belief to be natural or supernatural depends ...