Abonsam
Sign in to saveAbonsam is the name of a malevolent spirit from the Gold Coast region of West Africa and Ghana. When accidents, disease, etc. afflict an area and local shamans have determined that Abonsam is to blame, the spirit is driven into the sea in a ritual that begins with four weeks of total silence, followed by removing all furniture from the homes involved. The interior of the homes are then beaten with sticks, and loud noises are created by shouting and gun fire.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Abonsam, and connects out to Ghana, International Standard Book Number and West Africa.
Vinony files it under African gods and Evil gods.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Abonsam is the name of a malevolent spirit from the Gold Coast region of West Africa and Ghana. When accidents, disease, etc. afflict an area and local shamans have determined that Abonsam is to blame, the spirit is driven into the sea in a ritual that begins with four weeks of total silence, followed by removing all furniture from the homes involved. The interior of the homes are then beaten with sticks, and loud noises are created by shouting and gun fire.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abonsam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.