The Yoruba deity Shonponna, feared as both the bearer of smallpox and the one to whom one could turn for protection therefrom, has been the subject of sporadic international scholarly enquiry for more than a century. William Bascom, Anthony D. Buckley and others went well beyond late ...
In cultures that did not recognize a smallpox deity, there was often nonetheless a belief in smallpox demons, who were accordingly blamed for the disease. Such beliefs were prominent in Japan, Europe, Africa, and other parts of the world. Nearly all cultures who believed in the demon also ...
The Plague and smallpox. Before modern medicine, illnesses were often attributed to divine intervention, emerging almost serendipitously at fragile times of human development to wreak havoc on our growing species. Whatever the religion or deity of the society where the ...
The Yoruba deity Shonponna, feared as both the bearer of smallpox and the one to whom one could turn for protection therefrom, has been the subject of sporadic international, scholarly enquiry for more than a century. William Bascom, Anthony D. Buckley and others went well beyond late ...