The Dark Wind: Witches and the Concept of Evil – Page 78
https://books.google.com.ph/books?isbn=1430318139
Gary R. Varner – 2007 – Preview
living in what is now Sudan, Zaire and parts of Central Africa believed that dogs and certain birds were closely associated with witchcraft and, in fact, are witches. Evans-Pritchard wrote, “The dog has a malicious way of looking at people and is so greedy that it resembles human beings, and on account of these and other deficiencies Azande think that dogs are often witches.” 102 Owl also are greatly feared and when heard at night “a man…knows that a witch is abroad and blows his …
Reading Leviticus: Responses to Mary Douglas – Page 98
https://books.google.com.ph/books?isbn=1850756287
John F. A. Sawyer – 1996 – Preview – More editions
When I first went to study the Lele people in present day Zaire, accusations of sorcery were only credible if they indicted old men,“ children, young men and most women were stereotypical victims; in consequence old men had to be careful how they behaved lest they got accused and … In the first stage witchcraft beliefs were like a house dog trained to protect the social structure from abuse of power; in the second stage the dog had gone mad and was biting the householders. At such …
Surnoms et sobriquets yansi: (Rép. du Zaïre) – Page 54
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=7rgNAAAAYAAJ – Translate this page
Tango Muyay – 1980 – Snippet view
(Rép. du Zaïre) Tango Muyay. s’était procuré un fétiche qui pouvait lui produire de l’argent. Le fêticheur qui lui avait remis ce fétiche exigeait 9 personnes dont cinq. femmes et quatre hommes. Grâce à cette magie ? il avait déjà hypnotisé aA.x … Chien: “Chien d’un sorcier”. Mbwa muleok Cette expression explique: un homme qui est souvent près d’un homme connu comme sorcier. Les grands amis d’un sorcier sont souvent des hommes mûrs et parfois même de petits enfants.
Nicknames and nicknames yansi: (Rep. Of Zaire) – Page 54
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=7rgNAAAAYAAJ – Translate this page
Tango Muyay – 1980 – Snippet view
(Rep. Of Zaire ) Tango Muyay. had bought a fetish that could produce him money. The fetish that gave him this fetish required 9 people including five. women and four men. Thanks to this magic? he had already hypnotized AA. x … Dog : ” Dog of a sorcerer “. Mbwa muleok This expression explains: a man who is often near a man known as a wizard . The great friends of a wizard are often mature men and sometimes even small children.
Recits epiques des Lega du Zaire – Volume 135 – Page 34
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id… – Translate this page
N’Sanda Wamenka – 1992 – Snippet view – More editions
Des sorciers puissants sont sensés avoir réussi à domestiquer pour leur compte l’énergie vitale des personnes qu’ils auraient tuées par ensorcellement. L’jkynda (ou lungubu) est … Le mu I i ki est un paquet de feuilles dans lequel le sorcier emprisonne une énergie vitale; ce paquet est habituellement caché dans la forêt à un endroit seulement accessible à son propriétaire. Le mu 1 i k a … la nuit où il réussit à se métamorphoser en hibou, en chien, en chat, en insecte, etc. 2° muq i la .
Epic tales of the Lega of Zaire – Volume 135 – Page 34
https: //books.google.com.ph/books?id … – Translate this page
N’Sanda Wamenka – 1992 – Snippet view – More editions
Powerful wizards are thought to have managed to domesticate on their behalf the vital energy of the people they would have killed by bewitching. The jkynda ( or lungubu) is … The mu i i ki is a bundle of leaves in which the sorcerer traps a vital energy; this package is usually hidden in the forest at a place only accessible to its owner. The mu ika … the night he manages to metamorphose into an owl, a dog , a cat, an insect, etc. 2 ° muq i la.
Bulletin des juridictions indigènes et du droit coutumier congolais
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=lB8QAQAAMAAJ – Translate this page
1945 – Snippet view – More editions
Les ouvrages de démonologie et de sorcellerie citent que les sorciers et sorcières du temps jadis, Moyen âge, Renaissance et même au grand Siècle, étaient aidés en leur sombre besogne par quelqu’animal familier, une souris, un rat, un chat, un chien ayant usage de la parole mais ne correspondant qu’avec son maître, le conseillant et surtout l’assistant en ses maléfices. Cet animal semblait immortel, se léguait, se cédait et passait de père en fils et de mère tn fille, la sorcellerie …
Bulletin of Indigenous Jurisdictions and Congolese Customary Law
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=lB8QAQAAMAAJ – Translate this page
1945 – Snippet view – More editions
The works of demonology and witchcraft mention that the witches and witches of the old days, Middle Ages, Renaissance and even the great century, were helped in their dark work by some familiar animal, a mouse, a rat, a cat, a dog having use of the word but corresponding only with his master, the counselor and especially the assistant in his evil spells. This animal seemed immortal, bequeathed itself, yielded and passed from father to son and from mother to daughter, sorcery …
Etudes bakongo – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=_stCAQAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view – More editions
Mbwa yamba ou grand chien, est incorporé à la statue d’un chien. Il est emprunté aux Bayaka, les raies rouges et blanches qui zèbrent la statue, trahissent de suite cette origine. Elle porte sous le ventre une cavité dans laquelle on met de la glaise rouge et blanche, de la poudre de noix de kola et des têtes de serpent. A chaque cérémonie le fétiche reçoit une libation de sang de poule ou de chèvre. Son pouvoir s’exerce contre les sorciers, les voleurs et les ennemis, qu’il couvre de …
Études Bakongo – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=ezoUAAAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view
Mbwa yamba ou grand chien, est incorporé à la statue d’un chien. Il est emprunté aux Bayaka, les raies rouges et blanches qui zèbrent la statue, trahissent de suite cette origine. Elle porte sous le ventre une cavité dans laquelle on met de la glaise rouge et blanche, de la poudre de noix de kola et des têtes de serpent. À chaque cérémonie le fétiche reçoit une libation de sang de poule ou de chèvre. Son pouvoir s’exerce contre les sorciers, les voleurs et les ennemis, qu’il couvre de …
Bakongo Studies – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=_stCAQAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph Van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view – More editions
Mbwa yamba or big dog , is incorporated in the statue of a dog . It is borrowed from the Bayaka, the red and white stripes that zebra the statue, betray this origin immediately. It carries a cavity under the belly in which we put red and white clay, kola nut powder and snake heads. At each ceremony the fetish receives a blood libation of chicken or goat. His power is exercised against wizards , thieves and enemies, whom he covers with …
Bakongo Studies – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=ezoUAAAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view
Mbwa yamba or big dog , is incorporated in the statue of a dog . It is borrowed from the Bayaka, the red and white stripes that zebra the statue, betray this origin immediately. It carries a cavity under the belly in which we put red and white clay, kola nut powder and snake heads. At each ceremony the fetish receives a libation of chicken or goat blood. His power is exercised against wizards , thieves and enemies, whom he covers with …
Proverbes Des Bakongo – Page 135
https://books.google.com.ph/books?isbn=9185424552 – Translate this page
Oscar Stenström, Gösta Stenström – 1999 – Snippet view
La calomnie est liée au commérage et détruit également l’unité du village :42 « Tu calomnies la civette, le chat sauvage tend l’oreille ». Kela mbala, nsinzi weti teka matu. B87. Quelqu’un de proche de celui que l’on calomnie peut lui … Croit-elle avoir des enfants là-bas? » Nkwa kisita welefwemi. Koko kele i kaba- kila bana? M90. Plus injurieux est de dire à quelqu’un qu’il est ndoki (sorcier) et que sa mère a été soumise à l’épreuve du poison : « Ta mère est morte de nkasa (poison).
Etudes bakongo – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=_stCAQAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view – More editions
L’ouverture est fermée au moyen d’argile blanche mêlée de sel et de vin de palme, le tout étant recouvert d’un morceau de peau de mbongi ou chat sauvage. A chaque utilisation du fétiche ainsi qu’à son installation, on l’abreuve de sang de poule et on … A chaque cérémonie le fétiche reçoit une libation de sang de poule ou de chèvre. Son pouvoir s’exerce contre les sorciers, les voleurs et les ennemis, qu’il couvre de plaies sur tout le corps et dont il déchire les entrailles. Aussi sert-il …
Études Bakongo – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=ezoUAAAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view
L’ouverture est fermée au moyen d’argile blanche mêlée de sel et de vin de palme, le tout étant recouvert d’un morceau de peau de mbongi ou chat sauvage. A chaque utilisation du fétiche ainsi qu’à son installation, on l’abreuve de sang de poule et on … À chaque cérémonie le fétiche reçoit une libation de sang de poule ou de chèvre. Son pouvoir s’exerce contre les sorciers, les voleurs et les ennemis, qu’il couvre de plaies sur tout le corps et dont il déchire les entrailles. Aussi sert-il …
Bakongo Proverbs – Page 135
https://books.google.com.ph/books?isbn=9185424552 – Translate this page
Oscar Stenström , Gösta Stenström – 1999 – Snippet view
Slander is linked to gossip and also destroys the unity of the village: 42 “You slander the civet, the wild cat hears”. Kela mbala, nsinzi weti teka matu. B87. Someone close to the one being slandered can she … Does she think she has children there? Nkwa kisita welefwemi. Koko kele i kaba- kila bana? M90. It is more insulting to tell someone that he is a ndoki ( sorcerer ) and that his mother has been tested for poison: “Your mother died of nkasa ( poison).
Bakongo Studies – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=_stCAQAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph Van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view – More editions
The opening is closed by means of white clay mixed with salt and palm wine, all covered with a piece of mongi skin or wild cat . With each use of the fetish and its installation, it is drenched with chicken blood and … At each ceremony the fetish receives a blood libation of chicken or goat. His power is exercised against wizards , thieves, and enemies , whom he covers with wounds all over his body and whose heart he tears. Also serves it …
Bakongo Studies – Volume 9, Issue 1 – Page 152
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=ezoUAAAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Joseph van Wing – 1941 – Snippet view
The opening is closed by means of white clay mixed with salt and palm wine, all covered with a piece of mongi skin or wild cat . With each use of the fetish and its installation, it is drenched with chicken blood and … At each ceremony the fetish receives a blood libation of chicken or goat. His power is exercised against wizards , thieves, and enemies , whom he covers with wounds all over his body and whose heart he tears. Also serves it …
African Abstracts – Volumes 4-6 – Page 22
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=jJ4SAAAAIAAJ
1953 – Snippet view – More editions
Burial-taking and lifting of mourning among the Bakongo . Voice of the Congolese, 8, 75 , … The general idea is that the bad omen is not sent by a wizard , although there is a close connection between the two. Natural omens … Among the animals, they are the cat , the owl, the bat, some birds, the chicken, the snakes, the mole, the turtle, the chameleon, the rats and the mice, the bees , the termites, cow and sheep, etc. who can be ruba. Among the elements …
Zaïre-Afrique – Issues 267-271; Issues 274-276 – Page 464
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id… – Translate this page
1992 – Snippet view – More editions
Il est évidemment impossible de prouver que la foudre qui a tué Mr X ou le chien enragé qui l’a mordu ou encore le cancer qui le mine, ont bien été envoyés par son oncle maternel Y, même si cet oncle maternel le “reconnaît”. Il n’existe donc pas d’infraction de sorcellerie. La sorcellerie, elle-même, n’est pas une infraction. 2. L’infraction d’accusation de sorcellerie Mais il existe une infraction, bien précise celle-là : l’infraction d’accusation de sorcellerie (Code Pénal, article 78).
Sorcellerie et ordalies: l’épreuve du poison en Afrique noire : …
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=o-ENAQAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Anne Retel-Laurentin – 1974 – Snippet view – More editions
164-165). Voici l’exemple d’une nourriture non empoisonnée qui devient anti-aliment sous l’effet du serment chez les Lulua du Zaïre. (Au cours d’un litige), chacun se défend : « La sorcellerie m’est inconnue depuis ma naissance. Si je suis sorcier, que ce léopard et que ce chien que je mange aujourd’hui me donnent la diarrhée, et que j’en meure. « Cependant, un officiant distribue les morceaux en disant à chacun : « Avale, avale » . « Quand tout le monde a mangé, un autre officiant …
Recits epiques des Lega du Zaire – Volume 135 – Page 34
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id… – Translate this page
N’Sanda Wamenka – 1992 – Snippet view – More editions
Fétichisme et sorcellerie Comme dans toutes les sociétés africaines traditionnelles, le fétichisme et la sorcellerie, pratiqués par les femmes et les hommes, n’ont cessé d’exister. 1° La sorcellerie. Le terme lega pour désigner la sorcellerie est … Voici quelques termes lega liés à la sorcellerie et au port des charmes : bug {la, jkunda, kankvalé (kabunkvalé) kibongelo, lung ubu, mu 1 i ki et mu 1 j ndi. … la nuit où il réussit à se métamorphoser en hibou, en chien, en chat, en insecte, etc.
Fétiches à clous du Bas-Zaïre – Page 91
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=h5PpAAAAMAAJ – Translate this page
Raoul Lehuard – 1980 – Snippet view
Ces grands esprits, en effet, de même que le Nzazi, le chien céleste que nous appelons « foudre », ni les bakulu, ancêtres, bavàndungu ko, ne s’acquièrent pas, ne sont pas sous le commandement d’un féticheur ; tandis qu’on n’est véritable nganga de Dilemba, d’un khonde ou d’un autre fétiche de sorcellerie, de malazi, etc., que par le vanda, l’initiation, longue et quelquefois dure, au bunganga respectif ». L’accession au grade des grands maîtres se fait donc à partir d’une initiation …
Zaire-Africa – Issues 267-271; Issues 274-276 – Page 464
https: //books.google.com.ph/books?id … – Translate this page
1992 – Snippet view – More editions
It is obviously impossible to prove that the lightning that killed Mr. X or the rabid dog who bit him or the cancer that undermines him, was sent by his maternal uncle Y, even if this maternal uncle “recognizes” him. . There is therefore no offense of witchcraft . The witchcraft itself, is not an offense. 2. The offense of witchcraft accusation But there is an offense, very precise: the offense of witchcraft accusation (Penal Code, article 78).
Sorcery and ordalies: the test of poison in black Africa: …
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=o-ENAQAAIAAJ – Translate this page
Anne-Retel Laurentin – 1974 – Snippet view – More editions
164-165). Here is the example of a non-poisoned food that becomes anti- food under oath in the Lulua of Zaire . (During a dispute), everyone defends themselves: ” Witchcraft has not been known to me since my birth. If I’m a wizard, that leopard and dog that I eat today give me diarrhea, and that I die. “However, an officiant distributes the pieces by saying to each one:” Swallow, swallow “. “When everyone has eaten , another officiant …
Epic tales of the Lega of Zaire – Volume 135 – Page 34
https: //books.google.com.ph/books?id … – Translate this page
N’Sanda Wamenka – 1992 – Snippet view – More editions
Fetishism and Sorcery As in all traditional African societies, fetishism and witchcraft , practiced by women and men, have continued to exist. 1. The witchcraft . The term lega for sorcery is … Here are some lega terms related to witchcraft and the wearing of charms: bug {la, jkunda, kankvalé (kabunkvalé) kibongelo, lung ubu, mu 1 i ki and mu 1 j ndi. … the night he manages to metamorphose into owl, dog , cat, insect, etc.
Fetishes with nails from Lower Zaire – Page 91
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=h5PpAAAAMAAJ – Translate this page
Raoul Lehuard – 1980 – Snippet view
These great minds, indeed, just as the Nzazi, the celestial dog we call “lightning”, nor the bakulu, ancestors, bavàndungu ko, are not acquired , are not under the command of a witch doctor ; while one is a true nganga of Dilemba, of a khonde or of another fetish of sorcery , of malazi, etc., only by the vanda, the initiation, long and sometimes hard, with the respective bunganga “. The accession to the rank of the great masters is therefore from an initiation …