Thiele, in Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th ed., XX, p. But the most widely-spread worship among Negroes and Negroids, from west to northeast and south to Loango, is that of the moon, combined with a great veneration of the cow.” * There is a theistic tendency: “Almost all tribes believe in some supreme god without always worshiping him, generally a heaven and rain god sometimes, as among the Cameroons and in Dahomey, a sun-god. ![]() ![]() The prominent characteristic of primitive Negro religion is Nature worship with the accompanying strong belief in sorcery.
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