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Author
Publisher
Mantra Lingua
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Persian
Description
Mamy Wata, the queen of all the waters, hears that a horrible monster is terrorizing the people in the villages. She waits for the monster, but when he appears she finds he is a sad and lonely being. Mamy Wata makes the monster laugh and transforms him back to his true self.
Series
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Sacred Waters focuses on the arts, rituals, and religions associated with Mami Wata and other deities in Africa and its diasporas. Mami Wata, pidgin English for Mother Water, is a beautiful, seductive water spirit who brings wealth and good fortune to those she favors. Practices associated with winning her favor, widespread in West Africa and the Black Atlantic diaspora, are explored in 46 rich and perceptive essays by an international group of scholars...
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