[Myth and delusion in the Melanesian cargo cult].
Native myths are rekindled in the Melanesian cargo cult, the process in many cases being activated by some prophecy made by a psychotic cult leader. Indeed, the cargo cult brings about a feeling of solidarity for the natives involved going beyond the strict tribal boundaries. The culturally determined content of the cult leader's psychosis primary focuses on a grandiose sense of mission of a religious and political kind.
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D000328:Adult; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008542:Melanesia; D008602:Mental Healing; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000523:psychology; D012925:Social Conformity; D012931:Social Environment; D013561:Symbolism
Mythos und Wahn im melanesischen Cargo-Kult.