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List of Gods : "West African" - 4 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Spirit name "Abonsam"	West African	Malevolent spirit. Recognized by tribes in the Gold Coast, etc. Traditionally driven away in an annual expulsion ritual by firing guns and shouting loudly, emptying houses of furniture and beating the interiors with sticks. The abonsam was finally driven into the sea. The ritual was preceded by four weeks of total silence in the area....
Spirit name "Bagba"	West African	Animistic spirit. Fetish who allegedly controls the wind and Rain and whose shaman keeps the winds locked in a huge pot....
God name "Lesa"	southeastern African	Creator god. The name by which the supreme deity is known across a wide area of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Equating to LISA in regions of West Africa. Also regarded as a Rain god. Probably strongly influenced by Islam and, to a lesser extent, by Christianity. Also Leza....
God name "Na Ngutu"	West / central African	God of the dead. Essentially the guardian deity of warriors slain in battle....

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