Religion & BeliefCulture Oral tradition
Worshippers of Ṣàngó, the deified king of thunder, kept smooth axe-head-shaped stones as his emblems — commonly taken to be thunderbolts fallen from the sky.
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“The emblems of worship representing Sango are certain smooth stones shaped like an axe head commonly taken for thunder bolts.”
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