jabun, jabumbijɑ̀bʋ̀ŋ̀yɩ̀, jɑ̀bʋ̀m̀bɩ̀la puissance des meurtriers à laquelle doit avoir recours tout homicide aussitôt après le meurtre qu’il a commis s’il veut esperer échapper la vengeance de l’esprit de sa victime, et qui lui assure l’indispensable protection.fetish which protects anyone who has unintentionally killed a human being in order to be protected against the spirit of the one who has been killed. The spirits of Jabun are associated with the hunters’ medicine which protects them from the vengeful spirits of harmful animals such as ugbii ‘leopard’, gbikinti ‘lion’, kunti ‘elephant’, upɔɔnaa ‘bush cow’ or ‘buffalo’.
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