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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 280

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to combine the cults.Most people agree, however, that the form is that ofa human being with cloven feet, though some say atfirst like the hoofs of a horse—and yet open theirfingers to show a cleft. One or two said that Fig. 14was very much like a bori; it is really from an Arabpicture of Ghul being…

Hausa (African people) · Demonology · Dance · Ethnology

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