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one of the five constituents of the human personality; the others being Ka, Ba, Name and Shadow. It has been referred to as a kind of glorified being of light

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akh

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in zulu society, a person who uses spiritual forces for evil ends. A witch or wizard

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abathakati

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he gained most of his prestige after replacing the war god Montu as the principle god of Thebes during Egypt's New Kingdom, when he was recognized as the "King of Gods".

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amon-re

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also known as breath of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata (Latin meaning "cross with a handle"), was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read "life"

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ankh

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Yoruba concept that signifies the power to make things happen and change. It is given by Olodumare to everything - gods, ancestors, spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, and voiced words such as songs, prayers, praises, curses, or even everyday conversation.

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ase

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the disk of the sun, regarded as a deity in ancient Egyptian religion

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aton

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the mothers

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awon iya wa

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a village in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin

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aworo

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usually translated as "soul" or "spirit". However, is probably better translated as "spiritual manifestation."

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ba

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literally meaning 'father of the secrets' in the Yoruba language) is a spiritual title that denotes a Priest of Ifá. Its female counterpart is called Iyalawo

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babalawo

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a person who uses special powers to predict future events.

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diviners

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everything in the hands of this good diety

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Efile Mukulu

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alter ego of olorun, trickster and mediator

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esu

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an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of joy, feminine love, and motherhood.

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hathor

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one who uses plants for medicinal purposes, and the study of such use.

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herbalists

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one of the oldest and most significant deities in ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times.

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horus

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central city;trade and farming in Nigeria

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ife

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washing of the spears, women's hoes are washed, by killing and eating an ox.

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ihlambo

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princess of heaven, sender of rain for growing crops, protector

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inkosazani

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lord of the sky, lightning/thunder

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inkoshi yezulu

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(diviner) intercedes with the spirit world

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insangoma

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worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend ofslaves, sinners, artisans and the downtrodden, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers

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isis

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deity who herds weather or sky, specialists who are herders of storms

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inzinyanga-zezulu

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essentially a person’s double,” it was the life force and at death it was separated from the body.

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ka

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evil god, departed leaving his evil influence

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kafilefile

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the spirit

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kikudu

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Individuals direct prayers to ancestral spirits through
personal ___ for many different reasons.

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mankishi

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goddess of truth

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mayet

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human spirits bent on vengeance, cause a special illness

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mikishi

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goddess at Luxor, fond of cats

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mut

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an ethnic group originally from northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

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Nubians

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the chief who conducts sacred rites for the community

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oba

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White Cloth God and drunken creator of the human race

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obatala

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Oba of Ile-Ife.

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odudwa

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the name given to one of the three manifestations of the Supreme God in the Yoruba pantheon.

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olodumare

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Returned egyptians to polytheism

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King Tut

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supremem deity of the sky who gives humans their fates at creation

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olorun

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represented by a chameleon ina festival of kings and priests

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orisha

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deity who began creation at Ife

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Orisha-nla

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the sumpreme sky; the sky

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orun/olodumare

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paramount deity of feminism

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oshun

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an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead

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osiris

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osiris evil brother. a god of the desert, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion.

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seth

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deep sleep employed by ancestors communicate through dreams and visions

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ubuthongo

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returns the ancestor's spirit to its rightful place

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ukubuyisa idlozi rite

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the first being who sent a chameleon to humans saying they would live forever

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u mueling angi

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contact with birth or death weakens a person with this heaviness - women particuarly vulnerable

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umnayama

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the chief house

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umnumzane

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place in chief's house for communing with ancestors

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umsamo

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a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa

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zulu