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Obeah : Healing and Protection in West Indian Slave
Obeah encompasses a wide variety of beliefs and practices involving the control or channelling of supernaturallspiritual forces, usually for socially beneficial ends such as treating illness, bringing good fortune, protecting against harm, and avenging wrongs. Although obeah was sometimes used to h a m others, Europeans during the slave period distorted its positive role in the lives o f many e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Folklore
سال: 1893
ISSN: 0015-587X,1469-8315
DOI: 10.1080/0015587x.1893.9720153