Candomblé Mythology
Candomblé: The Complete Guide to the Orixás, Xangô, Yemanjá, and the Living Religion of Brazil
The Orixás: Xangô, Yemanjá, and Oxalá
The faith the enslaved carried across the ocean and refused to lose: the orixás of West Africa reborn in Brazil. Xangô of thunder, Yemanjá of the sea, Oxalá the creator, and the drums, foods, and colors that call them down. A living religion.
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Inside this book
What you will read
- 11 chapters, primary sources
- Instant PDF download
- Original ink illustrations
- Inline citations to the tradition and ethnographies
- Designed for print quality
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- 01The Religion That Crossed the Ocean
- 02Olorun and the Distant Sky
- 03Oxalá, the Creator in White
- 04Xangô, Lord of Thunder and Justice
- 05Yemanjá and the Mother Waters
- 06Oxum, Iansã, and the Goddesses of River and Wind
- 07Ogum, Oxóssi, and the Gods of Iron and the Hunt
- 08Exu, the Messenger at the Crossroads
- 09The Terreiro: Drums, Dance, and Possession
- 10Axé, Offerings, and the Foods of the Gods
- 11Candomblé, Umbanda, and the Faiths of the Diaspora
Written by
Guillaume Henry
Founder of Mythologis
Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every book draws on the primary sources first.
- Primary sources first
- No invented quotations
- Cross-referenced across translations
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