| 单词 |
Orisha |
| 释义 |
Orisha|ɒˈrɪʃə|
[Etym. obscure (see quot. 1926).]
A name given to a number of native deities of Southern Nigeria. Also attrib.
1926P. A. Talbot Peoples S. Nigeria II. iii. 29 A hierarchy of Orisha (derived perhaps from ‘ri’, see, and ‘sha’, select—or from the Edo word Oyisa). 1929A. C. M. Burns Hist. Nigeria ii. 39 A number of minor deities (Orishas) who are more directly interested in mundane matters. 1937M. Perham Native Admin. Nigeria ii. xii. 189 The House of the Orishas or sacred images stands in the market outside the official residence of the Ataoga. Ibid., The visits to Orisha-houses and consultations of oracles. 1949G. Parrinder West Afr. Relig. ii. 16 The chief divinities, generally non-human spirits, often associated with natural forces (called abosom, vodũ, orisha). 1961J. Jahn in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 97/1 Without the drums it was impossible to call the orishas. Ibid. 98/2 The procedure which in the African orisha cult evokes ecstatic immobility..produces, in the Negro churches, ‘mass ecstasy’. 1974Afr. Encycl. 548/3 Many Yoruba people are Christians or Muslims, but still follow the traditional religion, which has several powerful Gods..and many less important ones called ‘orisha’. 1976Wilson Q. Autumn 77 The African deities (orishas) became identified with various Christian saints. |
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