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African Mythology

There is no "African mythology" in the singular — Africa contains roughly two thousand language groups, and a comparable count of distinct mythic...

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There is no "African mythology" in the singular — Africa contains roughly two thousand language groups, and a comparable count of distinct mythic traditions. What follows samples a few of the largest and the most generative. Key sections include: African Myth ologies.; Opening Before the singular.; Chapter I The Yoruba and the orishas.; Chapter II Ifa — the divination corpus.; Chapter III Anansi the spider.; Chapter IV The Akan cosmos.; Chapter V Zulu cosmogony and uNkulunkulu.; Chapter VI The Egyptian gods.; Chapter VII The Osiris cycle.; Chapter VIII The book of the dead..

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  1. 01African Myth ologies.
  2. 02Opening Before the singular.
  3. 03Chapter I The Yoruba and the orishas.
  4. 04Chapter II Ifa — the divination corpus.
  5. 05Chapter III Anansi the spider.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Akan cosmos.
  7. 07Chapter V Zulu cosmogony and uNkulunkulu.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Egyptian gods.
  9. 09Chapter VII The Osiris cycle.
  10. 10Chapter VIII The book of the dead.
  11. 11Chapter IX The Dogon and Sirius.
  12. 12Chapter X Vodun in Dahomey.
  13. 13Chapter XI Haitian Vodou.
  14. 14Chapter XII Santería — Lucumí — Regla de Ocha.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Hoodoo and the rootworker.
  17. 17Chapter XV Bantu cosmology — Kongo and beyond.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The San and rock art.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Sundiata and the Mande epic.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Ethiopia — Solomon, Sheba, the Ark.
  21. 21Chapter XIX The mask and the spirit.
  22. 22Chapter XX The ancestor.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Witchcraft as social theory.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Christianity, Islam, and what survived.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII The reading list.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
  27. 27Chapter XXV If you want to study these.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI What the African mythologies teach.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The traditions today.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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