Carl Strehlow
Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow (born December 23, 1871 in Fredersdorf , Angermünde district , Uckermark , Brandenburg ; † October 20, 1922 in Horseshoe Bend , Northern Territory , Australia ) was a German missionary and ethnologist in Australia. From 1894 to 1922 he headed the Finke River Mission in Hermannsburg (Northern Territory).
biography
He was the son of Karl Ludwig Ferdinand Strehlow and Friederike Wilhelmine Augustine Schneider and married the German Frieda Keysser (born August 31, 1875 in Geroldsgrün , Upper Franconia , Bavaria ) on September 25, 1895 in Point Pass ( South Australia ).
Strehlow was trained in the seminary for the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Neuendettelsau , Ansbach , graduated in 1891 and was ordained the following year.
Strehlow learned and documented the languages of the Aranda and Luritja aborigines in Australia and published a seven-volume work on their culture in collaboration with Moritz Freiherr von Leonhardi . His son, Theodore George Henry Strehlow , continued his work.
His main work, in particular his notes on myths and totemic ideas, influenced Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (La mythologie primitive) and Elias Canetti ( mass and power ).
Honors
His name is remembered in Australia through the Carl Strehlow Memorial Hospital in Hermannsburg and the Strehlow Research Center in Alice Springs .
See also
Works (selection)
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The Aranda and Loritja tribes in central Australia. Baer, Frankfurt am Main 1907–1920. (Publications from the Städtisches Völker-Museum Frankfurt am Main )
- Part 1: Myths, sagas and fairy tales of the Aranda tribe. 1907
- Part 2: Myths, sagas and fairy tales of the Loritja tribe: The totemic ideas and the Tjurunga of the Aranda and Loritja. 1908
- Part 3, Dept. 1: General introduction and the totemic cults of the Aranda tribe. 1910
- Part 3, Section 2: The totemic cults of the Loritja tribe. 1911
- Part 4, Dept. 1: The social life of the Aranda and Loritja tribes. 1913
- Part 4, Dept. 2: The social life of the Aranda and Loritja tribes. 1915
- Part 5: The material culture of the Aranda and Loritja tribes: with an appendix: Explanation of the indigenous names. 1920
- Ewangelia Lukaka. (Gospel of St. Luke in the Aranda or Arunta language.) [Translated by Carl FT Strehlow.] B. & FBS, London 1925. (The Gospel of Luke in the Aranda language)
literature
- Anna Kenny: The Aranda's Pepa: An Introduction to Carl Strehlow's Masterpiece The Aranda and Loritja Tribes in Central Australia (1907–1920) . ANU Press, Canberra 2013, ISBN 978-1-921536-76-2 .
- Theodore George Henry Strehlow: Aranda Traditions. Melbourne 1947.
- Walter Veit: Strehlow, Carl Friedrich Theodor. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 31, Bautz, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8 , Sp. 1336-1343.
- Walter Veit: Strehlow, Carl Friedrich Theodor (1871-1922) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 12. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1990, ISBN 0-522-84437-5 (English).
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Strehlow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Carl Strehlow ( Memento from August 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Goethe-Institut Australia
- Carl Strehlow on the website of his grandson Wighard Strehlow
- TGH Strehlow: Journey to Horseshoe Bend (PDF file; 846 kB) (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strehlow, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strehlow, Carl Friedrich Theodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German missionary and ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1922 |
| Place of death | Horseshoe Bend |