Vodhun

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Vodhun Connection
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Identity
Bodies, Conception Coming into Being
Territoriality
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hunka
Individual to Community
People to Gods
People Gods to Place
Natural to Supernatural
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origin myth
Narratives promote method of structuring
important concepts personhood collective
individual identity religiosity
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hunde tree
Masculinity Trunk Deeply rooted House
Sap Clay Pot 16 wives Femininity
hunde nuts
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Mawu
Supreme God Created Deities Created Humans Dual
gendered Vodhun humanlike
Vodhun as Intermediary
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Cosmological Bird
Creator of divine human life Cooking Pot-Clay
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bome
Place Field of Clay Bomeno Mother of
Clay Recycled Female
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Communication Overlapping Notions Convergence
Distinction Creation
Clay, Earth Pots
Cooking Belonging Nurturing Molding
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fome
Lineage being in the womb Settlement after
migration women as origin but male head
tree penetrates pot
balance
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Ideal
Of House Womb Belonging Identity
Praxis
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Gender Divisions
Division of Labor Inheritance Economic Activity
Age Divisions
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afe house
Group Space Descent Residence Place of
Origin Female apical ancestress
fome lineage
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Female
Cord of Blood Locality
Male
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Female
Womb Pots Procreative Act Semen Mix In
Male
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Woman
bloodbobo
Wild Animal Unruly The bush
mobility
soft
Location
Hunter Marriage Settle
hard
locality
bonesfu
Man
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Myth
simultaneous
Language Action
interrelated
Body
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Spiritual Bodies