all question categories

adults
advertising
birth
children
clothing and ornamentation
conflict management
cultural adaptation
death and burial
decision-making
economic system
festivities
food
gathering
gender roles
geography
gifts and reciprocity
God
heart issues
humour
leadership
learning
legal/justice system
life cycle
marriage
music
names
old people
performing arts
politics
pregnancy
property
punishment
relatives
religion
religious system/organizations
sexual relations
sin
social control/punishment
social demography
social organization
soul
spirit world
stories
taboo
toilet training
universe
visual arts
war
weaning
witchcraft
working
youth

blog 38

blog subject:

Names

 

reading:

 

resource questions for blog research:

names

Can the child change his/her name?
Does a person have several names?
Must names be kept secret? If so, who may know the intimate name of a person?
Can power be inherited with a name? May one speak the name of a dead person? If not, for how long is it taboo?