Atlas record 1418Scholarly / historical only

Merina royal sampy palladium traditions

African & Afro-Diasporic Historical religion / cult

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Neutral catalog summary

About this record

Merina royal sampy palladium traditions is cataloged as a Historical religion / cult within African & Afro-Diasporic. Its candidate country context is “Madagascar” and its period or origin is “Especially documented in the precolonial Merina kingdom; royal cult suppressed in 1869.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Historical Merina religion.”

This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.

Record fields

Alternate / historical names
Sampy; Royal sampy; sampin’andriana
Parent tradition
Historical Merina religion
Public geographic context
Madagascar
Period / origin
Especially documented in the precolonial Merina kingdom; royal cult suppressed in 1869
Living / historical status
Historical royal cult with later cultural memory
Access / protocol
Scholarly / historical only
Evidence status
Directly cited

Geography

Candidate

Madagascar

Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.

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Stable attribution

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Merina royal sampy palladium traditions. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1418. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1418

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA