TY - BOOK AU - Parrinder, Geoffrey. TI - West African religion: illustrated from the beliefs and practices of the Yoruba, Ewe, Akan, and kindred peoples AV - BL2465 .P3 U1 - 299.6 PY - 1949/// CY - London PB - Epworth Press KW - Homme primitif KW - Afrique occidentale KW - Religion KW - fast KW - gnd KW - Africa, West KW - West Africa KW - Westafrika KW - Academic theses KW - lcgft N1 - 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 ER -