2009
DOI: 10.1163/002242009x12529098509885
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Sacred Waters: Arts for Mami Wata and Other Divinities in Africa and the Diaspora

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“…Herbert (1993), in turn, mentions the recurrence, all over Black Africa, of myths involving sorcerers who transform into crocodiles to attack adversaries. But the metamorphic imaginary is not reduced to animal forms, there is also belief in transmutations into plants/trees (Adogbo, 2000) and into nature elements such as water and rivers (Drewal, 2008). Furthermore, bodily transformations also fit in this category, given the widely complex imaginary around the body (Leite, 2008).…”
Section: Animistic Transmutations -Metamorphoses and Psychomorphosesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Herbert (1993), in turn, mentions the recurrence, all over Black Africa, of myths involving sorcerers who transform into crocodiles to attack adversaries. But the metamorphic imaginary is not reduced to animal forms, there is also belief in transmutations into plants/trees (Adogbo, 2000) and into nature elements such as water and rivers (Drewal, 2008). Furthermore, bodily transformations also fit in this category, given the widely complex imaginary around the body (Leite, 2008).…”
Section: Animistic Transmutations -Metamorphoses and Psychomorphosesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Já Herbert (1993) cita a recorrência, em toda África Negra, de mitos envolvendo feiticeiros que se transformam em crocodilos para atacar desafetos. Mas o imaginário metamórfico não se reduz a formas animais, há ainda crenças em transmutações em plantas/árvores (Adogbo, 2000) e em elementos da natureza, como água e rios (Drewal, 2008). Ademais, as transformações corporais também entram nesta categoria, visto o imaginário amplamente complexo sobre o corpo (Leite, 2008) Apesar de o elemento mais comum nessas narrativas religiosas ser a teriantropia (capacidade de seres-humanos virarem animais), entende-se aqui, enquanto característica do inconsciente animista, a presença de outras várias formas de transformações, sendo elas: objetos, plantas e animais assumirem formas humanas; seres humanos assumirem outras formas, como animais, água, plantas, objetos etc.…”
Section: Transmutações Animistasmetamorfoses E Psicomorfosesunclassified