American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World (105 page)

Authors: Rod Davis

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Yoruban, 3-4

orisha

altars, 160, 179

city of the (Ife, Nigeria), 183

defined, 3

initiation ritual, 299-312

Oyotunji villagers dressed as, 192

pantheon, 32

personification of, 257

place of in voudou worship, 313

pots, 300, 306

sexuality of, 197

syncretization in Caribbean, 134

worship, 9, 11, 184, 195, 277

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