LEADER 04203nam 22006731 450 001 9910537507603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-07955-7 010 $a9786612079559 010 $a0-585-13793-5 035 $a(CKB)111004366541150 035 $a(EBL)613415 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000176271 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176271 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204593 035 $a(PQKB)10300954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC613415 035 $a(OCoLC)44958041 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL613415 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10769269 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207955 035 $a(OCoLC)861537793 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366541150 100 $a20000807d1991 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIfa divination $ecommunication between gods and men in West Africa /$fWilliam Bascom 205 $aFirst Midland edition. 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d1991. 215 $a1 online resource (604 p.) 300 $a"The verses of Ifa [Yoruba text with English translation]": p. 140-563. 311 $a0-253-11465-9 311 $a0-253-20638-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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)ye?ku (1-3); Ogbe - (I)wori (1-4) 327 $aOgbe- (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); Qye?ku Ogbe (1-4); Qye?ku Meji (1-12); Qye?ku- (I)wori (1-3); Qye?ku- (E)di (1-3); Qye?ku- (Q)wonrin (1); Iwori Ogbe (1-6); Iwori- (O)ye?ku (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 Os?e? (1-2); Qwonrin Meji (1-2); Owonrin - (I)re?te? (1); Ogunda- (I)wori (1); Ogunda Meji (1-2); Qsa- (O)gunda (1); Qsa Meji (1); Ire?te? Okanran (1); Ire?te? - (I)rosun (1) 327 $aIre?te? - (O)wonrin (1)Irete- Osa (1-3); Ire?te? - (O)s?e? (1-2); Otura- (O)bara (1-4); Otura Irosun (1-4); Oturupon- (O)tura (1); Ika Meji (1-3); Os?e? Ogbe (1-4); Os?e? - (O)tura (1); Os?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 330 $a""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 606 $aGeomancy$zAfrica, West 606 $aIfa (Religion) 606 $aYoruba (African people)$xReligion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGeomancy 615 0$aIfa (Religion) 615 0$aYoruba (African people)$xReligion. 676 $a133.3 700 $aBascom$b William Russell$f1912-1981.$0484081 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910537507603321 996 $aIfa divination$92736141 997 $aUNINA