A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa: And Travels Into the Interior ...
A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa: And Travels Into the Interior ...
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This pro- te&ing fpirit they cali the Jan nan in, and hold it in higher refpe£ and venera- tion than their Supreme Being. 7 hey coa< the private J an nan in in any Digitized by V^iOOQl€ ( »4 ) cafe of uncertainty and doubt, with fijH t confidence that he will, dire& them for the bed. They facrifice to them on thefe occafions, a cow, rice aqd palm wine, believing that this fub-deity de- lights in no other kind of offering. If they prove fuccefsful in any of their un- dertakings, they facrifice... for gratitude, and if unfuccefsful, theyjikewife facrifice to appeafe the offended fpirit. Their prayers and incantations, although in- tended for the Supreme Being, are all addreffed to thefe fpirits as mediators for- them with the Kan no, of whom, as men- tioned before, they hold the mofl exalt- ed ideas that can be imagined.
They are as mi\ch given to the belief in forcerers and magicians, as to that of the good fpirits. Thefe they are per- fuaded, have a power over the feafans, are able to forward or retard the growth of their rice, deftroy the cattle, affli& them with difeafe, and render their lives miferable .
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This pro- te&ing fpirit they cali the Jan nan in, and hold it in higher refpe£ and venera- tion than their Supreme Being. 7 hey coa< the private J an nan in in any Digitized by V^iOOQl€ ( »4 ) cafe of uncertainty and doubt, with fijH t confidence that he will, dire& them for the bed. They facrifice to them on thefe occafions, a cow, rice aqd palm wine, believing that this fub-deity de- lights in no other kind of offering. If they prove fuccefsful in any of their un- dertakings, they facrifice... for gratitude, and if unfuccefsful, theyjikewife facrifice to appeafe the offended fpirit. Their prayers and incantations, although in- tended for the Supreme Being, are all addreffed to thefe fpirits as mediators for- them with the Kan no, of whom, as men- tioned before, they hold the mofl exalt- ed ideas that can be imagined.
They are as mi\ch given to the belief in forcerers and magicians, as to that of the good fpirits. Thefe they are per- fuaded, have a power over the feafans, are able to forward or retard the growth of their rice, deftroy the cattle, affli& them with difeafe, and render their lives miferable .
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