West African traditional religions

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_African_traditional_religions

GPTKB entity

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religion
gptkbp:characteristic	mythology ancestor worship
gptkbp:coreBelief	gptkb:dance gptkb:magic gptkb:music gptkb:pilgrimage_site gptkb:prophecy gptkb:sacrifice reincarnation drumming secret societies witchcraft totemism spirit possession spirit world taboos initiation rites sacred objects rites of passage fetishes libation sacred ancestors sacred rivers sacred stones mask rituals sacred forests
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Akan gptkb:Ashanti gptkb:Serer gptkb:Dahomey gptkb:Ewe gptkb:Ga gptkb:Ibo gptkb:Dogon gptkb:Fon gptkb:Mande Bambara Hausa Igbo Yoruba Fulani
gptkbp:feature	gptkb:oral_tradition gptkb:prophecy spirit possession ritual sacrifice sacred groves
gptkbp:holiday	gptkb:Egungun_Festival gptkb:Oshun_Festival gptkb:Aboakyer_Festival gptkb:Odwira_Festival gptkb:Oro_Festival gptkb:Osun-Osogbo_Festival gptkb:Yam_Festival gptkb:Homowo_Festival
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West African traditional religions
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Santería gptkb:African_diaspora_religions gptkb:Candomblé gptkb:Hoodoo gptkb:Obeah Vodun
gptkbp:mainDeity	gptkb:Ewe gptkb:Ala gptkb:Nana_Buluku gptkb:Chukwu gptkb:Eshu gptkb:Legba gptkb:Mawu gptkb:Nyame gptkb:Obaluaye gptkb:Obatala gptkb:Ogun gptkb:Olodumare gptkb:Olorun gptkb:Orunmila gptkb:Oshun gptkb:Oya gptkb:Shango gptkb:Yemoja gptkb:Sogbo
gptkbp:practitioner	gptkb:priest gptkb:traditional_medicine mythology diviner
gptkbp:region	gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:sacredText	gptkb:oral_tradition
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Edo_traditional_religion
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6