Vodún: Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power

by Timothy R Landry

Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of B nin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the Vod n religion--the Python Temple, where Dangb , the python spirit, is worshipped, and King Kpasse's sacred forest, which is the seat of the Vod n deity known as Lok . However, other, less familiar places, such as the palace of the so-called supreme chief of Vod n in B nin, are also rising in popularity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812250745
• ISBN13: 9780812250749
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"