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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

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Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Malagasy Sikidy Divination

African & Afro-Diasporic Practice / discipline

Public geography: Madagascar
Period / origin: Precolonial–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMadagascar

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Atlas 1417Community-bound / restricted

Malagasy famadihana reburial traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Madagascar
Period / origin: Historically documented; living and changing
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMadagascar

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Atlas 1418Scholarly / historical only

Merina royal sampy palladium traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Historical religion / cult

Public geography: Madagascar
Period / origin: Especially documented in the precolonial Merina kingdom; royal cult suppressed in 1869
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesMadagascar

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Atlas 2875Community-bound / restricted