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From the earliest beginnings of medicine, mankind has associated the act of curing disease with gods, goddesses and other forms of divine forces. Deities were greatly thought to be responsible for people's wellness and preservation of their wellness. Sickness was regarded as a consequence of disobedience to or sin against these supernatural agents and their moral rules. Concurrently, empiric medicine developed, mainly based on herbs, minerals and animal-derived substances, which were directly linked to the above mentioned supernatural elements. Spirits, gods and goddesses had tremendous effects on the early practice of medicine. Magical- empirical approaches to health and disease, still vivid today, characterized all archaic civilizations, being also identified in Nigeria. This presentation focuses on the significance of such comparable behavioural archetypes. An intercultural and transcultural insight into this early, yet classical, stage of medical practice in a tribe on the west coast of Africa - the Yoruba Land- is given.
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