TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bascom,William Russell
TI  - Ifa divination: communication between gods and men in West Africa 
SN  - 9780253114655
AV  - BF1779.I4 B3
U1  - 133.3 21
PY  - 1969///]
CY  - Bloomington, Ind.
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Ifa.
KW  - Ifa (Religion)
KW  - Geomancy
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Yoruba (African people)
KW  - Religion
KW  - G�eomancie
KW  - Yorubas
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Divination
KW  - Fortune Telling
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Prophecy
KW  - General
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - fast
KW  - West Africa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes "The verses of Ifa [Yoruba text with English translation]."; Includes bibliographical references; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: IFA DIVINATION; Chapter I Introduction; Chapter II Previous Studies; Chapter III The Apparatus of Ifa Divination and the Preliminary Invocations; Chapter IV The Figures of Ifa; Chapter V Specific Alternatives: Ibo and Adimu; Chapter VI The Sacrifices and Medicines; Chapter VII The Predictions; Chapter VIII Professional Ethics; Chapter IX The Diviners; Chapter X The King's Diviners; Chapter XI The System of Belief; Chapter XII The Divination Verses; PART TWO: THE VERSES OF IFA; Ogbe Meji (1-12); Ogbe -- (O)y�eku (1-3); Ogbe -- (I)wori (1-4); Ogbe- (E)di (1-4)Ogbe- (O)bara (1-4); Ogbe- (O)kanran (1-6); Ogbe- (I)rosun (1-5); Ogbe- (O)gunda (1-3); Ogbe -- (I)ka (1-3); Qy�eku Ogbe (1-4); Qy�eku Meji (1-12); Qy�eku- (I)wori (1-3); Qy�eku- (E)di (1-3); Qy�eku- (Q)wonrin (1); Iwori Ogbe (1-6); Iwori- (O)y�eku (1-2); Iwori Meji (1-7); Iwori Ofun (1); Edi Meji (1-5); Edi -- (O)kanran (1-8); Edi- (I)rosun (1-2); Okanran Meji (1-3); Irosun Obara (1); Irosun Meji (1-2); Irosun O�s�e (1-2); Qwonrin Meji (1-2); Owonrin -- (I)r�et�e (1); Ogunda- (I)wori (1); Ogunda Meji (1-2); Qsa- (O)gunda (1); Qsa Meji (1); Ir�et�e Okanran (1); Ir�et�e -- (I)rosun (1); Ir�et�e -- (O)wonrin (1)Irete- Osa (1-3); Ir�et�e -- (O)�s�e (1-2); Otura- (O)bara (1-4); Otura Irosun (1-4); Oturupon- (O)tura (1); Ika Meji (1-3); O�s�e Ogbe (1-4); O�s�e -- (O)tura (1); O�s�e Meji (1-2); Ofun Ogbe (1-4); Ofun (I)wori (1-4); Ofun- (E)di (1-2); Ofun -- (O)bara (1-4); Ofun- (O)kanran (1-4); Ofun- (I)rosun (1-5); Ofun- (O)wonrin (1-4); Ofun- (O)gunda (1-6); Ofun- (O)sa (1-3); Ofun- (O)�s�e (1-4); Ofun Meji (1-6); Parodies (1-4); References Cited; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - ""The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought."" -Henry DrewalThis landmark study of Ifa, the most important and elaborate system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, remains a monumental contribution to scholarship in anthropology, folklore, religion, philosophy, linguistics, and African a
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