American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World (90 page)

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Authors: Rod Davis

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human sacrifice
accounts of in media, 339
example of at Oyotunji, 185-86
explanation of, 230-33
in Castillon myth, 326
Hunting Island, 181, 205, 207-11
Hurston, Zora Neale, 242-44
I
Ibeji,
159
as symbol of duality, 199-200
vision of at Oyotunji, 189-90
Ifa.
See also
divination
divination system, 30, 157, 217-18, 226n, 315
orisha, 184, 198

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