p. 449

the odu’ Ifa’ under which the plant is classified by the babala’wo."

p. 450

"The babala’wo’s medical and divinatory knowledge are transmitted in short sentences based on the rhythm of breathing."

secret societies of the Cross River Delta of Nigeria from Calabar to Cameroon [nsibidi]."

organization

instance of its publications

p. 459

Imole` Oluwa Institute

D. Epega : The Mystery of the Yoru`ba’ Gods. 1936.

p. 460

Ijo O,`ru’nmi`la` Ato

O,`RU’NMI`LA` MAGAZINE

p. 460

Fama (a chiefess-priestess) : Fnndamentals of the Yoru`ba’ Religion. 1993.

Fagbenro-Beyioke : O,`ru’nmi`la`ism : the Basis of Jesusism. (1940s)

p. 462

E. Navarro & R. Varela : Folleto para uso del Santero (Obba). 1836. (published in 1959)

p. 464

"devotees who may be in a cult house ... feel the need to confirm everything they learn there".

p. 465

"The Internet becomes a way ... to enter into contact with a trustworthy community of believers".

p. 466

"The Web Bricoleur is a product of different traditions who arranges ten on the Net in a library or assemblage".

p. 467

"Ritual chants or interpretations of odu`s need not be learned ... from the voice of the initiating master but can be learned from compact disks ... . This permits the appearance of ... the autodidact ... assisting in conferences".

organization

founding or website

p.

name

p.

name or address

472

Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, of Hialeah, FL

482, n. 1

http://www.Church-of-the-Lukumi.org

Ile` Axe` Opo^ Afonja`, in Salvador da Bahia

472

1910, by Ma~e Aninha des Santos

473

Egbe Lukumi, in Miami

Organization of Lukumi Unity

483, n.

http://www.LukumiUnity.org

organization

founder or website

p.

name

p.

name or address

473

OrishaNet (in Seattle)

483, n. 5

http://www.OrishaNet.org

ASHE` (on-line magazine, in Spanish)

483, n. 6

http://www.ashe.com/ve/ {new address: http://www.ashe.com.ve/foro/viewforum.php?f=3 } (located in Venezuela)

474

Yoru`ba’ Ethnographic Archive

474

(abbreviated /YEA/, {formerly} hosted by University of Chicago) by Andrew Apter

"S,a`ngo’ is syncretized with ... Saint Barbara in Cuba and ... Saint John in Brazil;

Oya (Iansa~) is said to have been male in the mythical past and turned female after becoming S,a`ngo’’s partner.

Logunede, in Bahia, is male half the year, and male and female half the year."

"all women are husbands to somebody and simultaneously wives to multiple others"".

"S,a`ngo’’s ... priest in state of possession, can himself ... perform sexual intercourse with a woman in the audience (Matory 1994:170)."

... Ogum had his throne usurped by his self-indulgent and cunning younger brother, S,a`ngo’, with the lenience of the mother, Iemoja, who ... did nothing to avoid it ... . ... . ‘This is a "kingdom" in which the mother, and not the father, has the prerogative of crowning the new king and controls officially all the matters of state."

"African American religions and the presence of homosexuals in them – in Brazil (Landes 1940 ...; ... Fry ... 1986 ... ), as well as in Cuban Santeri`a (Dianteill 2000) and Haitian Voodoo (Lescot and Magloire 2002).

{As a peculiarly American (rather than of African provenience) practice, surely this phainomenon is related to, and largely derived from, the Amerindian "berdache" tradition.}

"The new, transformed Exus of the Umbanda cult care represented white {because in China white is the color of mourning for the dead?} ... and dress with elegant tuxedos and cloaks. But they are ... pimps, and inhabitants of "the night." Their elegance is itself a parody ..., a subversion ... in the performance of their underworld duties".

p. 514

"I`gbo`ho, a former capital of the O,`yo,’ royal empire ... focuses on the priesthoods of S,a`ngo’ ... and Yemo,ja".

p. 515

[quoted from (Princess) Oyewumi 1997:xvi] "the S,o,`u’n {cf. /SOVereigN/} (monarch) of O`gbo’mo`s,o,’ ..., a`a`fin S,o,`u’n (the palace) has been the place I call home. Daily,

p. 516

I have ... heard the ori’ki` (praise poetry) ... as we passed through the saare` -- the courtyard in which the departed monarchs are buried."

"Tiamiyu (2000:122) denies Oyewumi’s assertion that her ... model of Yoru`ba’ culture applies to all Yoru`ba’ subgroups, such as the E`ki`ti` and the O`n`do’, with ... no evidence of participation in o`ri`s,a` worship". {Royalty everywhere tend to be deficient in religious piety.}

o,`ja’ (baby-carrying slings)".

p. 521

"In the O,`yo,’ North towns ..., the most important ritual duty of a bride on her wedding night is to carry a pot of water on her head ... . ...

p. 522

In I`gbo`ho, even the a`ku’da`a’ya` tales of the dead describe the spirits of dead women walking away with head-borne pots".

"sexual intercourse – gi’gu`n – is one ... of the ... metaphors illuminating spirit possession in the Yemo,ja and S,a`ngo’ priesthoods".

"in my ... participant observation among the priests of Yemo,ja and S,a`ngo’, I was party to numerous ... conversations about sex, and I witnesses many a ribald dance by the S,a`ngo’ possession priests. Indeed, at one leisurely gathering ... an elderly possession priestess of S,a`ngo’ grabbed at my crotch and jokingly proposed marriage. The ... S,a`ngo’ priests present laughed happily and congratulated me on my good fortune."

"a highly respected Yoru`ba’ art historian from O,`yo,’ ... told ... that , one ... occasions ..., he witnessed possessed male S,a`ngo’ priests anally penetrating unpossessed male priests in an O,`yo,’ shrine." {Were the "possessed male S,a`ngo’ priests" possessed by a goddess at the time? If so, then the behaviour (being the activity of a goddess) could not be regarded as "homosexual".}

p. 530

"In O,`yo,’ North, the priesthoods of O`gu’n and Ifa’, unlike the predominantly female priesthoods {if so, "priestesshoods"} of the other o`ri`s,a`, are almost

p. 531

exclusively male ... and are not "mounted" (or possessed) by the god (Matory 1994:1-25, 133-35, 229-30 ...)."

p. 539

ako, ‘male’

abo ‘female’

o,ku`nrin ‘man’

obi`nrin ‘woman’

p. 543

o,ko, ‘husband’

aya ‘wife’