"Marrying the "Bush Spirits-Parents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3611550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alain Fournier (0000-0002-6457-9686, Patrimoines locaux, Environnement et Globalisation, corresponding author), Anne Fournier (0000-0002-2592-3202) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 383-398 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0257-9774 |
| Publisher | Nomos Verlag (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5771/0257-9774-2019-2-383 |
| OpenAlex | W2995480555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Among the Sèmè, a little-known society in the Voltaic area, some men receive at home a couple of bush spirits through which they get access to divination. They form groups of followers of the spirits. The rite implemented borrows its fabric from marriage, a long process that extends over a woman's entire life. The follower "marries" the bush spirits according to an original marriage arrangement without sexuality. He is bound to these bush spirits by a prenatal promise, his symbolic parents, who guided his soul and formed his character
Art · Divination · Human sexuality · Literature · Rite · Sociology · Soul · Theology · African Studies and Ethnography · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Gender Studies · Migration, Identity, and Health · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |