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Obia
Obia or OBIA may refer to: * ''Obia (planthopper), Obia'', a Neotropical genus of planthoppers * Obia (folklore), also spelt obeah, a monster in West African folklore * Obeah, an indigenous group of African storytellers that survive in the West Indies * Image analysis, Object-Based Image Analysis {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obia (folklore)
An obia or obeah is a monster in West African folklore. It is described as being a massive animal that witches send into villages to kidnap young girls and wear their skin for a coat. It is also the common term in the Bay Islands of Honduras for a witch or the spell that is cast by the witch. This is most likely a traditional Garifuna word. An obiama or obiaman is one who uses the power of obia. Edwards's ''History of the British Colonies in the West Indies'', published in 1793, reports the best account of obeah in Jamaica. The term obeah or obia has become a popular term in Jamaica used to describe Africans on the island that practice witchcraft. It is considered to be a practice of supernatural craft, learned through connection with the devil, that allows a person to kill or as a way to receive wealth, power, or revenge on one's enemies. From testimony of all Africans on the island, it is said that the possessors of obi have always been natives of Africa, having brought the arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obia (planthopper)
''Obia'' is a monotypic genus of planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, presently comprising a single species ''Obia tenebrosa'', known from Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate .... Genus ''Obia'' Distant, 1887 References Auchenorrhyncha genera Poiocerinae Monotypic Hemiptera genera[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obeah
Obeah, or Obayi, is an ancestrally inherited tradition of Akan witches of Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo and their descendants in the African diaspora of the Caribbean. Inheritors of the tradition are referred to as "obayifo" (Akan/Ghana-region spiritual practitioners) and its priests as "bayi komfo" and "bonsam komfo", which translates to "obeah priest/priestess". According to historians, Obeah (sometimes also spelled ''Obi'', ''Obeya'', or ''Obia'') is a system of spiritual healing and justice-making practices brought over by enslaved West Africans to the West Indies. Obeah is said to be difficult to define, as it is believed by some to not be a single, unified set of practices, since the word "Obeah" was historically not often used to describe one's own practices. Obeah is the justice-seeking arm of the Akan religion, and, in its original, traditional form (as opposed to its Caribbean form), is similar to other African diaspora religions such as Palo, Haitian Vodou, Santerà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
