Sixteen cowries : Yoruba divination from Africa to the New World / William Bascom
1980, 1st edition. Bloomington : Indiana University Press. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394255
Physical description; 790 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 787-790). Includes parallel Yoruba texts and English translations. Print version record. Contents; 1. Sixteen cowries. The divination verses -- The system of belief. 2. The verses of sixteen cowries. Eji Ogbe -- Ofun -- O sa -- O kanran -- Eji Oko -- Ironsun -- O e -- Ogunda -- O bara -- Odi -- O wo nrin -- Ejila e bo ra -- Ika -- Oturupo n -- Ofun Kanran -- Ire te -- Opira. Subjects; Yoruba (African people) Religion. Divination Nigeria. Black people Latin America Religion. Cowries. Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) Religion. Black people Religion. Cowries. Divination. Yoruba (African people) Religion. Personnes noires Ameìrique latine Religion. Cauris (Coquillages). RELIGION General. Yorouba (Peuple d'Afrique) Religion. Noirs Ameìrique latine Religion. Noirs Amérique latine Religion. Latin America. Nigeria. Yoruba religion Sixteen cowrie divination Verses Translations. Yoruba religion Sixteen cowrie divination Verses Yoruba-English parallel texts.
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