Demiurgic vs Derdeba - What's the difference?
demiurgic | derdeba |
relating to a demiurge
* 1887, Andrew Lang, Myth, Ritual, and Religion
A complex liturgy of the Gnawas, recreating the first sacrifice and the genesis of the universe by the evocation of the seven main manifestations of the divine demiurgic activity.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 15, author=Sia Michel, title=Stomping With Sintirs as a Route to Trance, work=New York Times
, passage=In derdeba ceremonies, gnawa music and dancing are often used to drive out evil spirits (when someone is sick or troubled) or to honor beneficial spirits (when someone is exceptionally well). }}
As an adjective demiurgic
is relating to a demiurge.As a noun derdeba is
a complex liturgy of the gnawas, recreating the first sacrifice and the genesis of the universe by the evocation of the seven main manifestations of the divine demiurgic activity.demiurgic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Lastly, man is occasionally represented as having been framed out of a piece of the body of the Creator, or made by some demiurgic potter out of clay.
derdeba
English
Noun
(en-noun) (wikipedia derdeba)citation
