The ban of the Bori; demons and demon-dancing in West and North Africa (1914)
Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915 · London, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd · leaf 266
s in the case of the well at SidiSaad. In the legend of Daura, Auta kills the god of thewell, and this probably means that that particular kindof worship was abolished. A sacred well is very often found close beside a sacredtree, and this is not surprising, for in most parts of Africavegetation can… … PILGRIMAGES AND FESTIVA well during the Ziara—ii id—the connected only with * the tying oft .with the well. Still, ot difficult to co) been some connexion. The I t the k quite distinct, this species of tree being particularly demoniac, the reddish hue of the wc The bori dancing and the rites at the…
