Grusi.SeeGurunsi(Grusi)
Guinea
Baga people of,1:87–89
Balanta people of,1:93–94
Balengue people of,1:94–95
Bamana people of,1: 100
Fang people of,1: 260
Igbo people of,1: 333
Susu people of,2: 639
Tinkisso Falls in,2: 709
Gullah Jack.SeeCongo Jack
Gulu, 1:298–300
Christianity, Islam, African religion crossroads
and,1: 299
geographic location of,1:298–299
Holy Spirit Movement and,1: 299
militant Christian religiosity and,1: 299
Guro, 1:300–301
egalitarian life of,1: 300
geographic location of,1: 300
male and female only groups among,1: 300
masks in religious functions of,1: 300
wood carving skills of,1: 300
Gurunsi(Grusi),1:301–302
colonialism impact on,1:301–302
creation stories of,1: 301
holistic worldview of,1: 301
masks and symbols of,1: 301
people and language groups and,1: 301
Guyana
Obeah (Comfa religion) in,2: 473
Palo religion in,2:519–520
three drum trinity in,2: 663
Gwobonanj, 1:302
Desounen reclamation ritual and,1:196,
1:296–297,1:302,2:698–699
Ginen ancestral world and,1:196,1: 302
govi and,1:196,2:575,2: 699
immortal spirit of human and,1:296,1: 302
tibonanj and,1:283,1:296–297,1:302,2:664,
2:698–699
Gyekye, Kwame,2: 522
Haiti
Palo religion in,2:519–520
See alsoVodou and the Haitian Revolution;
Vodou in Haiti
Hapi, 1:303–304
Agwe similarity to,1: 20
Aten and,1: 303
depiction of,1: 303
Horus (Heru) as father of,1: 303
Khnum and,1: 362
Nile River rice crops and,1: 304
papyrus and lotus symbolism and,1: 303
spirit or essence of the Nile and,1: 303
Harvest, 1:304–306
crop-promoting rituals and,1:304–305
festivals celebration of,1: 305
Homowo festival and,1: 305
offerings and sacrifices to ancestors and,1: 304
Yam Festival in Nigeria and,1: 305
Hathor, 1:306–307
animal symbolism of,1: 54
cosmology of,1: 307
cow symbolism of,1: 306
depictions of,1: 306
fertility, beauty, love and,1: 306
great mother association of,1: 306
Heru, Horus and,1:306,1: 315
“House of Horus” meaning of,1: 306
the moon and,1: 426
Ra and,1:307,2: 603
Sekhmet and,1:307,2: 600
Seven Hathors and,1: 306
Tefnut and,2: 650
worship of,1: 307
Hatshepsut (Maat Ka Ra),1:29,1: 30
Hawking, Stephen,1: 219
Haya, 1:308–309
animal sacrifice and masked dancing,1: 308
geographic locations of,1: 308
human element of evil belief of,1: 308
language of,1: 308
rites and rituals of,1: 308
Ruhanga name of God and,2: 582
Healing, 1:309–310
Apis bull and,1: 67
cults of deities and,1: 418
divination and,1: 309
examples of,1:309–310
herbalists and,1:416–417
holistic healing and,1: 309
Ifa and,1: 332
Imhotep and,1: 337
juju and,1: 355
LaiboniMaasai diviners and,1: 398
Makandal and,1: 401
Mambos and,1: 403
of Ovaherero people,2: 513Index 827