Venus, Issa, and the Moon Dog: Why Is There a Seventeenth Sign of Fa? Essay on the Historical Anthropology of Geomancy (Gulf of Benin, Islamized West Africa, Western Europe)
Like Arabic and Latin geomancy in the Middle Ages, Fa divination on the Benin Coast uses sixteen fundamental signs. Beyond their common formal structure, do these divinatory systems share content? The analysis focuses on a seventeenth fundamental sign (Oche Tula), conceived of as the messenger sign...
| 1. VerfasserIn: | |
|---|---|
| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Lade...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Brill
2021
|
| In: |
International journal of divination and prognostication
Jahr: 2021, Band: 3, Heft: 2, Seiten: 125-170 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Divination
B Fon B Islam B Ifa B Europe B Africa B Middle Ages B Yoruba B Anthropology B geomancy B History |
| Online Zugang: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000naa a22000002 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1835750362 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20230215153904.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 230215s2021 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1163/25899201-12340025 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1835750362 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1835750362 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Dianteill, Erwan |e VerfasserIn |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Venus, Issa, and the Moon Dog: Why Is There a Seventeenth Sign of Fa? Essay on the Historical Anthropology of Geomancy (Gulf of Benin, Islamized West Africa, Western Europe) |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2021 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Like Arabic and Latin geomancy in the Middle Ages, Fa divination on the Benin Coast uses sixteen fundamental signs. Beyond their common formal structure, do these divinatory systems share content? The analysis focuses on a seventeenth fundamental sign (Oche Tula), conceived of as the messenger sign in Fa. This paper firstly aims to show that this sign, whose link with the messenger god Lɛgba is well known in Yoruba and Fon mythology, also maintained a relationship with the planet Venus (nicknamed Moon Dog), which is now largely forgotten. Moreover, medieval geomancy systematically mentioned the link between the planet Venus and the two figures named Amissio (Loss) and Mundus facie (Immaculate face), which, when combined, are identical to Oche Tula. The second goal of the analysis is to reconstruct the analogical process at work in labeling the planet Venus with this sign, which in medieval geomancy was composed of two figures. On the one hand, the author tries to show that the figure "Immaculate face" - in the form of a Christian cross - represents Isa/Jesus and has been identified with the morning star (Venus) in a medieval Christian and Muslim environment. On the other hand, the geomantic double sign could represent either the negative aspect (impurity, loss) or positive aspect (purity, fertility) of the planet Venus, depending on whether it is direct or retrograde, according to medieval astrology categories. | ||
| 601 | |a Anthropologie | ||
| 601 | |a Western | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Africa | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Europe | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Fon | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ifa | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Islam | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Middle Ages | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Yoruba | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Anthropology | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Divination | |
| 650 | 4 | |a geomancy | |
| 650 | 4 | |a History | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t International journal of divination and prognostication |d Leiden : Brill, 2019 |g 3(2021), 2, Seite 125-170 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)1668954273 |w (DE-600)2977586-3 |x 2589-9201 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:3 |g year:2021 |g number:2 |g pages:125-170 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://brill.com/view/journals/ijdp/3/2/article-p125_1.xml |x Verlag |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1163/25899201-12340025 |x Resolving-System |z lizenzpflichtig |3 Volltext |
| 936 | u | w | |d 3 |j 2021 |e 2 |h 125-170 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 4272590847 | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1835750362 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20230215153904 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 230215||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixzo | ||
| ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| STA | 0 | 0 | |a Africa,Divination,Fon,Islam,Islam,Yoruba |
| STB | 0 | 0 | |a Divination,Fons,Islam,Islam,Yorubas,Yoroubas,Yoroubas |
| STC | 0 | 0 | |a Adivinación,Fon,Islam,Islam,Yorubá |
| STD | 0 | 0 | |a Divinazione,Fon,Islam,Islam,Yoruba |
| STE | 0 | 0 | |a 伊斯兰教,伊斯兰教,回教,回教,占卜,筮卜 |
| STF | 0 | 0 | |a 伊斯蘭教,伊斯蘭教,回教,回教,占卜,筮卜 |
| STG | 0 | 0 | |a Adivinhação,Fon,Iorubá,Islã,Islã |
| STH | 0 | 0 | |a Ислам (мотив),Ислам,Йоруба (народ),Превидение,Фон (народ) |
| STI | 0 | 0 | |a Γιορούμπα,Ισλάμ (μοτίβο),Ισλάμ,Μαντική,Φον (εθνοτική ομάδα) |
| SUB | |a REL | ||
| SYE | 0 | 0 | |a Afrika,Africa Proconsularis , Fo,Fon-Ewe,Fon-Gbe,Fongbe,Fogbe,Fonnu,Dahomey,Dahomans,Dahomeans,Dahomeen,Djedji , Islam , Joruba,Yorouba |