Animals

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations. Tables x
5. Foreword by T. О. Beidelman xi
6. Part I: Kpele Songs and Symbolism
7. 1. Introduction 2
8. 2. Kpele Cult and Songs 18
9. 3. Singing Kpele Songs 31
10. 4. The World of Kpele Songs 58
11. 5. Metaphors in Kpele Ritual 79
12. 6. The Kpele Community 98
13. Part II: Kpele Song Texts
14. Introductory Note 109
15. The Supreme Being 114
16. Cosmogony 124
17. Cosmos 132
18. Divine Beings 151
19. Ritual Performance 202
20. Human Society 234
21. Ga Polity 246
22. Ga Culture 264
23. Animals 277
24. Bibliography 303
25. Index 309