On Meeting Amatera-Su (and Oya, too)
The Warrior Path for the Non-Practitioner
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12757064 |
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| Authors | Mira Zussman (San Jose State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | Summer |
| Pages | 28-37 |
| Publication date | 1999-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-0268 • E-ISSN: 1743-1735 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/pome.v13i8.28 |
| OpenAlex | W2169413402 |
| Language | EN |
even the guy who cuts my hair got into the act. He’s from Brazil. Candomblé practitioner. Told me that according to Ife tradition, the goddess who watches over me is Oya, the Yoruba warrior goddess. He said he could tell by the condition of my hair that I was preparing for battle. Haircut divination
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Battle · Divination · Literature · Yoruba · Educational and Social Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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