The Drunken King, or, The Origin of the State (African Systems of Thought)

"... de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Lévi-Strauss’s formulations.... [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." —Choice A major work that modifies and extends Lévi-Straussian myth analysis in profound and exciting ways. Roy Willis’s masterful translation makes technical terms accessible to the general reader. The Drunken King Contents Translator's Introduction References Introduction Chapter One— Kingly Manners Myth and History The Principal Sources M1: The Luba Epic (Orjo de Marchovelette's Version) A. The Peopling of Luba Territory B. The Origin of Divine Kingship (Bulopwe). M1: The Luba Epic (Burton's Version19) M1: The Luba Epic (Verhulpen's Version20) M1: The Luba Epic ( Colle's Version) Kalala Ilunga, the Residuary Legatee A Minor History of Technology Chapter Two— The Rainbow and the Lightning Mbidi Kiluwe and Kalala Ilunga, the Rain Heroes M3, Yombe: Rainbow and Lightning Quarrel27 M4 (1), Venda: Python and His Two Wives (Roumeguère-Eberhardt Version32) M4 (2), Venda: Python and His Two Wives (Stayt's Version) A New Cooking Fire Lunar Fantasies M5, Luba: Conflict of the Sun and the Moon (Theeuws) The Rainbow, the Termite Mound, and the Tower M6, Luba-Kasai: The Tower and the Musicians (Denolf56) Chapter Three— The Outraged Father Unruly Sons M8, Luba-Hemba: The First Patricide (Colle2) M1 (Diachronic Schema): M8 (ii), Lamba: The Origin of Matrilineality (Grévisse6) M8 (ii), Lamba (Marchal's Version7) M8 (ii), Lamba (Doke-Bourgeois Variant8) M9, Kuba: Origin of Matrilineality and Young Men's Initiation Rites (Vansina14) M10, Kuba: the Incest of Woot, the Cry of Animals, and the Going of the Sun (Denolf's Version16) M11, Kuba: Origin of the Initiation Ceremony (Torday21) M12, Kuba: The Succession of Woot, the Migrations, and the Diversity of Peoples (Vansina23) M12 (ii): Woot's Incest and the Dispersal of the Peoples (Vansina26) M12 (iii), Kuba: The Incest and Exile of Woot (Torday37 ) M12 (iv), Kuba: Woot's Incest and the Separation of Men and Animals ( Achten39) M12 (v), Kuba: Woot's Exile and the Origin of Sickness (Torday41) M13: The Kuba Chiefs in Conflict (Vansina, Denolf43) Chapter Four— The People of the Sun The Ritual Killing of the Sons Incest, Labor, and Death M14, Kuba: The Nine Sons of Woot and the Origin of Death (Vansina17) The Initiatory Wall and the Universe M15, Kuba: The Quarrel of Mboom and Ngaan (Vansina37) M16, Kuba: Origin of the World (Torday39) M17, Kuba: Origin of Making Fire (Torday47) M18, Kuba: How the Preparation of Salt Was Discovered (Torday49) Ambiguities of Cooking Fire The Virtues of the Bull-Roarer Minor Royal Bestiary and More about the Night Chapter Five— Palm Wine, the Blood of Women, and the Blood of Beasts M20: Foundation Myth of the Lunda Empire (Duysters2) A. The Origins B. The Strange Hunter M20: Foundation Myth of the Lunda Empire (Variants) 1. Pogge's Version 2. De Carvalho's Version5 * 3. Van Den Byvang's Version6 4. Peripheral Version from Kahemba Region (Struyf7) 5. Peripheral Version from the Kazembe Chiefdom, Luapula Region (Labrecque8) Familial Constellations M21, Ndembu: The Menorrhagia* of Lueji (Turner10) M22, Luba: Origin of the Mediums of Mpanga and Banze, Guardian Spirits of Divine Kingship20 M23, Lunda (Kahemba Region): The Exodus of Chinguli (Struyf23) The Mystique of Hunting Blood of Beasts and Blood of Women Bleeding Heads and Bleeding Genitals M24, Pende: Origin of the Mungonge Male Religious Association (de Sousberghe60) The Temptations of Palm Wine M25, Kuba: Origin of the Raffia Palm (Torday64) Menstrual Blood and the Rainbow M26, Lunda of Kahemba: Origin of the World (Roelandts) Chapter Six— Animals with Eyes of Night The Mungonge Religious Society M27, Lunda: Origin of the Achudyaang Funerary Association (Crine-Mavar22) M28, Lunda-Chokwe: Origin of Mungonge (De Sousberghe30) M29, Lunda ( Luapula Valley): Variant of the Myth of the Cosmic Tower (Cunnison47) The Sun, Venus, and Circumcision M30, Ndembu: Origin of Circumcision (Turner56) M31, Chokwe: Quarrel of the Sun and the Moon (Baumann110) Where the Genet Is Found Again Cooking, Cosmos, and Noise Myth and Historical Events M32, Bemba: The Origins of the Bemba Kingdom (Labrecque169) Notes Introduction Chapter One— Kingly Manners Chapter Two— The Rainbow and the Lightning Chapter Three— The Outraged Father Chapter Four— The People of the Sun Chapter Five— Palm Wine, the Blood of Women, and the Blood of Beasts Chapter Six— Animals with Eyes of Night Bibliography List of Myths Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six " . . . de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Lévi-Strauss's formulations. . . . [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." ―__Choice__