Ifa divination : communication between gods and men in West Africa /

""The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa div...

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מחבר ראשי: Bascom, William Russell, 1912-1981
פורמט: Licensed eBooks
שפה:אנגלית
יורובה
יצא לאור: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press [1969]
גישה מקוונת:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt16gzhwk
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סיכום:""The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought.""--Henry DrewalThis landmark study of Ifa, the most important and elaborate system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, remains a monumental contribution to scholarship in anthropology, folklore, religion, philosophy, linguistics, and African a
תאור פריט:Includes "The verses of Ifa [Yoruba text with English translation]."
תיאור פיזי:1 online resource (x, 575 pages) : illustrations
פורמט:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ביבליוגרפיה:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780253114655
0253114659
9780253206381
9780253328908
0585137935
9780585137933
025332890X
0253206383