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Authors: Rod Davis

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Orite, Iya
background of, 204-5
introduced, 182
performing sacrifice for author, 237-41
petitioning for land ownership, 213
welcoming author, 186-88
Osanyin, 32, 280
Oshun
as feminist hero of voudou mythology, 161
as symbol of sexuality, 197
in orisha pantheon, 32
influence in Orite, 204
influence on author's reading, 221
Lorita as, 31
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