Vodún: secrecy and the search for divine power
Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of Bénin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the Vodún religion—the Python Temple, where Dangbé, the python spirit, is worshipped, and King Kpasse's sacred forest, which is the seat of the Vodún deity...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Contemporary Ethnography
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Voodooism
/ God
/ Power
/ Benin
/ Ethnology
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| Further subjects: | B
Secrecy
Religious aspects
Vodou
B Vodou Economic aspects (Benin) History 21st century B Religious Studies B Experience account B Religion B Anthropology B Tourism B Ethnology (Benin) B Control (Psychology) B Sociology B Control (Psychology) Religious aspects Vodou B Tourism (Benin) History 21st century B Linguistics B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Generals B Folklore B Secrecy B Vodou |
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