African Folklore: An Encyclopedia - Marshalls University

Index 1126
de Conti, Nicolas, 14
de Ganay, Solange, 139
de Gaulle, Charles, 70
de Heusch, Luc, 148
de Klerk, F.W., 362
the dead
alcoholic fermentation and, 284
communication with, 390–391, 405
dressing, 37
feeding of, 215
death.
See also funerals
ancestors and, 1–2
basketry for, 21
body position and rituals for, 12, 28, 44–45
color symbolism for, 67–68
dances, 290–291
Gikuyu rituals of birth and, 26–29
and rebirth in initiations, 183–184
superstitions about, 449
debates, public, 322–323
decorated vehicles, in Nigeria, 80
Deglaire, Pierre, 136
deities, 392–393.
See also demiurges;
orishas;
orixás
Bes, 294
Bessem, 392
in cosmology, 72
Erinle, 58
Exu, 392
Gikuyu, 26–27
Hindu, 46
Iansa, 392
Iemanjâ, 392
Jie, 137–138
names for, 72
Nanã Buruku, 392
Obatala, 326, 406
Ogbwide, 237
in relation to folk medicine, 247–249
Sun, 12
tricksters as, 134
Delafosse, Maurice, 139
on Bamana folktales, 136
on Baule visual arts, 119
Deliwe (radio drama), 385
Deluz, Ariane, 129
demiurges, 281
Democratic Movement for Malagasy Renovation (MDRM), 234
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 81.