Parrinder, Geoffrey.

West African religion : illustrated from the beliefs and practices of the Yoruba, Ewe, Akan, and kindred peoples / by Geoffrey Parrinder ; with a foreword by Edwin Smith. - London : Epworth Press, 1949. - xii, 223 pages : map ; 20 cm



Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Rev. Edwin W. Smith, D. D. -- Introductory -- The Nature of West African Religion -- The Supreme God -- The Gods: Sky and Thunder -- The Gods: Earth, Smallpox, Water -- The Gods: Other Divinities -- Shrines and Worship -- Priests and Devotees -- Training in a Convent -- Personal Religious Rites -- Ancestral Cults -- Secret Societies -- Diviners and Oracles -- Charms and Magic -- Traces of Totemism -- Taboo and the Sacred -- Index.

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Homme primitif--Afrique occidentale.
Religion.
Religion


Africa, West--Religion.
Afrique occidentale--Religion.
West Africa.
Westafrika
Africa, West--Religion.


Academic theses.
Academic theses.

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299.6 / P261w, 1949