Encyclopedia of African Religion

assisted by Osanyin, the orisa who controls 201 roots and leaves and knows their application in curing various illnesses. Ifa, w ...

hinders an individual to perform his duties as expected by society, a form of deviance. A state of ill health or illness is not ...

There are numerous illnesses and diseases in Africa that claim many lives, such as tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera. HIV/AIDS ...

The wordmagiccomes to us in the modern world from the Coptic hik, which was equated with the Greekmageiaand the Latinmagiadur- i ...

battle; it was later restored by Thoth. The wedjat eye in a disk was also a representation of Horus denoting protection that fre ...

Egypt was not as it is in the modern West. Set was not demonized and always occupied an important place in the cosmology. When G ...

HOODOO No discussion of the African essence of the spiri- tual life of African Americans can be complete without an understandin ...

The transformation from Vodounto Voodoo and then Hoodoo serves as a powerful metaphor for the larger history of African American ...

HOTEP Hotep, which is also commonly known as and spelled Hetep, is a concept of ancient Kemetic ori- gin. It originally meant “t ...

fact, houngans’ role within Vodu culture is to per- form rituals and/or ceremonies to prevent or ward off influences that have t ...

The lwa provides one with wholeness. “The lwa is the key to understanding one’s own character, and the relationship with the lwa ...

laid down the principles for the foundation for hunting, which included respect for the forest. Indeed, respect for the god of t ...

The stress here is on the texts being both authoritative and exceptionally insightful. Moreover, Hu and Sia not only symbolize a ...

process for training Seba Maat (moral teachers in the Maatian tradition), and developed the Husia project to provide original an ...

all else. Men and women are on equal footing when it comes to the work. They support the persons with reputation for hard and ho ...

IBIB IO Th e Ibibiolive in the Akwa-I bom/Cross River re gionof southeaster n Nigeria.Theyhaveinhabi- te d thisareaof Africa for ...

326 Ibis, Symbol of Tehuti are equally important to the spiritual ceremonies. The Amama, the highest rank in the Ekpo society, i ...

According to Kemetians, Tehuti was at the beginning because he is said to be born of himself. Tehuti symbolizes how the esoteric ...

recently have governments, individuals, and Islamic organizations begun to establish primary and secondary schools. Origins and ...

of any person within the society. In the Idoma belief system, man’s suffering arises from the ability of forces beyond him, part ...