Ekpen-n'owa: Conceptualizing the Human-Animal Relationship in the Benin Peoples' Worldview
Animals are prominently ubiquitous in the Benin peoples' cosmologies. These philosophies associate animals with the transformation of the primordial chaos into a livable world, human beings, and the supernatural. In this context, specific animals are used in religious rituals to express the con...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 4, Pages: 113-123 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Benin City
/ Human being
/ Animals
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| RelBib Classification: | BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Animals
B rites & ceremonies B Human-animal relationships |