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African gods : (Record no. 130066)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2008460194
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number GBA746003
Source bnb
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER
Record control number 013768044
Source Uk
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9782080300195 (hbk.)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 2080300199 (hbk.)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)ocn144596948
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Original cataloging agency UKM
Transcribing agency UKM
Modifying agency BTCTA
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041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text fre
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code lccopycat
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number GN645
Item number .L34 2007
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 203.8096
Edition number 22
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Other physical details col. ill. ;
Dimensions 26 cm.
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lainé, Daniel,
Dates associated with a name 1949-
9 (RLIN) 48762
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title African gods :
Remainder of title contemporary rituals and beliefs /
Statement of responsibility, etc photographs by Daniel Lainé ; preface by Tobie Nathan ; essays by Anne Stamm and Pierre Saulnier.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement English language ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Paris :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Flammarion,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 191 p. :
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Simultaneously published in French with title: Dieux noirs.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-191).
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Foreword -- African religions -- Vodun -- For the Bamileke, death does not exist -- The Hogon foregoes physical contact -- Blue, the color of ritual death -- Sexual intercourse as mystical expression -- Westerners are considered ugly -- Witches have four eyes -- The symbolism of beads -- Ritual slavery -- Insanity as blessing -- The power of women is feared -- A masked healer -- Chaste magicians -- The intiates' sacred dance -- Ashantis forced their enemies to walk barefoot -- Followers of the high priest of the sacred forest -- Strict codes of conduct -- Zionist Christian women -- The god Sanponna protects against epidemics -- A "penis shrinker" -- Praying for a cure -- Priest in a mystic coma -- In the land of the dead -- The lbidio priest remains in the village -- Masks are dangerous -- The power of elephant tusks -- Soothsayers can see the spirits of the dead -- Fear of magic -- Too see means to know -- The punishment for insulting God is death -- The sacred statue of Ohafia -- The soul of the deceased floats overhead -- The skull has a soul -- A witch-child in Kinshasa -- Shango, god of lightning -- Messenger of the gods -- The sacred languages of the vodun -- Eyos are guardians of the soul -- The Orisha of Nigeria -- The spiritual son of the god of lightning -- Ritual vodun equipment -- Sixteen is a sacred number -- Death of a king -- Attracting Agni gods -- Gambada, a very violent deity -- The priest makes the sun turn -- Young initiates are not permitted to speak -- Slaves of the gods -- Sacred slaves -- Mahounon, princess of the universe -- The Daho Kpassenon and the iroko tree -- The Amazons of Abomey -- Worshipping the python -- Twin ritual and the goddess Mami Wata -- Twins share a soul -- Exorcism of a child -- A vodun altar -- The fetish of the sacred forest -- Sakpata, god of disease -- A young man carrying a vodun on his shoulders -- Vodun flags -- Eyes rolled upwards -- Spirits have no face -- The fa oracle -- Foreign is good -- The prophet speaking to God -- The prophet Samuel -- Spirits and deities -- The palanquin and the power of the vodun -- Vodun-tron gods are shy -- The Christian cross plays a part in vodun ceremonies -- Vodun as improvised theater -- The phallus dance -- Koku worshippers -- Possession by a deity -- A thirst for blood -- The gods enjoy music -- Voduns love schnapps -- The role of plastic toys in ritual -- Secrecy is at the heart of the vodun faith -- Soothsayers are chosen before birth -- Saint Michael in the role of Ogun, god of war and iron -- Celestial Christians fighting vodun influence -- Spirits hiding in the bush -- Punishment of criminals -- Nigerian businessmen -- Westerners initiated into vodun -- The goddess of water -- Beautiful Mami Wata -- Spiritual transformation -- The Sagoma throws her voice -- Fetishes from the far side of the universe -- Ndebele necklaces -- Becoming a woman -- The curse of the Gcaleka of South Africa -- Ritual murders and magic charms -- South African Zionist Christians -- "When an elder dies..." -- Stoning for those accused of witchcraft -- Dreams as cure -- White symbolizes moral rectitude -- White, the color of rebirth -- The Zionist Christian church -- Jumping as an aid to prayer -- Fear of witches -- The griotte's story -- The balafon xylophone -- The griot's song -- Griots and the musical tradition -- The Bwiti ceremony and the role of women -- "Angels" under the influence -- The Society of Cherubim and Seraphim -- Westerners are flawed -- A mystical acrobat -- The marks of God -- Vodun, a religion of life -- Dangerous Xhosa initiation rites -- Circumcision as a rite of passage -- Woman-goddess -- Seeing is believing -- The Fela shrine -- Initiation celebrations -- The soul-eater -- The end of the world is nigh -- Polygamy and the Harrist faith -- Albert Atcho, the devil's confessor -- Shango punishes with lightning -- Noli, land of ghosts -- Fear of witchcraft-- The saber protects the Ashanto chief -- Akan gold -- Two souls -- Masks as protection -- Holy water, holy bullets -- Mystic Africa -- Lagos, capital of miracles -- Vodun fetishes.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rites and ceremonies
Geographic subdivision Africa.
9 (RLIN) 48763
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rites and ceremonies
Geographic subdivision Africa
Form subdivision Pictorial works.
9 (RLIN) 48764
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Vodou
Geographic subdivision Africa.
9 (RLIN) 48765
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Vodou
Geographic subdivision Africa
Form subdivision Pictorial works.
9 (RLIN) 48766
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa
General subdivision Religious life and customs.
9 (RLIN) 20516
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa
General subdivision Religious life and customs
Form subdivision Pictorial works.
9 (RLIN) 48767
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Nathan, Tobie.
9 (RLIN) 48768
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Stamm, Anne.
9 (RLIN) 48769
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Saulnier, Pierre.
9 (RLIN) 48770
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942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Monograph ( Printed materials)
Holdings
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    Library of Congress Classification     Main Collection ARRUPE LIBRARY ARRUPE LIBRARY Main Collection 18/11/2019 1 GN645 .L34 2007 46600005886 04/02/2022 21/01/2022 18/11/2019 Monograph ( Printed materials)

 

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