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Divîners
Maji is the term for divîners whose powers have been activated, meaning that they can perform magic. There are many different kinds of Maji with unique powers.
Maji Quotes in Children of Blood and Bone
The Children of Blood and Bone quotes below are all either spoken by Maji or refer to Maji. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter One
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Deep down, I know the truth. I knew it the moment I saw the maji of Ibadan in chains. The gods died with our magic.
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Chapter Sixty-Six
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In that instant it hits me: Zulaikha’s death. Zélie’s screams. They don’t mean a thing to him. Because they’re maji, they’re nothing. He preaches duty before self, but his Orïsha doesn’t include them. It never has.
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Chapter Sixty-Eight
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Binta’s voice rings loud. The sight of her blood fills my head. I can avenge her now. I can cut Father down. While the maji take out the guards, my sword can free Father of his head. Retribution for all his massacres, every poor soul he ever killed […].
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Maji Term Timeline in Children of Blood and Bone
The timeline below shows where the term Maji appears in Children of Blood and Bone. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter One
...tell a familiar story: in the past, the land of Orïsha was home to white-haired maji who could perform all kinds of magic from the gods. As some maji became corrupted,...
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Chapter Three
...ashore in a village and activated the powers of some local divîners, turning them into maji.
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Chapter Eight
...Saran says that in the past, his own father tried to be fair to the maji, but they were too powerful. Saran believes magic is the root of all pain, destined...
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...magic users. But it wasn’t enough: Saran realized the only way to really control the maji was to sever their connection to the gods. So he ordered his men to destroy...
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...able to abolish magic. Saran responds that he thinks for magic to truly die, all maji have to die as well.
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Chapter Nine
Mama Agba says some words in Yoruba, the language the maji use to communicate with the gods. Since the Raid, everyone has been forced to speak...
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Chapter Twelve
...shock of white in Inan’s dark hair. She realizes he must be a Connector, a maji with power over mind, spirit, and dreams. But, he doesn’t have any idea. Thinking of...
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Chapter Eighteen
...dark passageway. Zélie knows he is a sêntaro, a kind of high priest to the maji. He introduces himself as Olamilekan, or Lekan for short.
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Chapter Twenty-Six
...he had a vision, clearly using magic. Shaking, Kaea asks how long he’s been a maji. Clearly terrified, she accuses him of being a traitor. Inan pleads that he’s still him,...
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Panicked, Inan tackles her. Kaea screams for help, saying that Inan is a maji. Without meaning to, Inan sends turquoise energy swirling around her head. He tries to release...
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Chapter Thirty-Five
Inan travels alone through the desert, missing Kaea. He sends a message home that maji killed Kaea. He can’t stop thinking of Kaea’s last word, “maggot.” He tries to push...
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Chapter Forty-Four
Zélie has another perspective: she says that lack of power has led to the maji’s oppression. Without power, the monarch is free to see and treat them like maggots. Inan...
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Chapter Forty-Seven
...is inflicting more than emotional harm. It’s made of majacite, a special metal that burns maji.
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Chapter Fifty
...runs out of the encampment’s gate, his hands ablaze. He is a Burner, like the maji who incinerated Saran’s first family. As Zélie drops the sunstone, the Burner catches it, and...
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Chapter Fifty-Two
...he’s been carrying with him since Sokoto. They talk about his new status as a maji and the fact that Saran would kill Inan if he knew. Amari asks how she...
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Chapter Fifty-Six
...Zélie doesn’t want to share the scroll. All Zélie can picture is destruction at the maji’s hands. She says they need to establish control first, or people will get hurt.
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Chapter Fifty-Nine
...thinks they can convince King Saran to give up his fear and violence toward the maji. He thinks they can unify Orïsha. Zélie is hopeful for a moment—but then she thinks,...
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Chapter Sixty-Three
...fight back, but now they are. Saran says that his own father fought for the maji’s rights, and they burned his family.
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Chapter Sixty-Six
...collected: harming Zélie is all in a day’s work for him. Because she is a maji, her death doesn’t mean anything to him, just as the deaths of those in the...
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...to put down any thoughts of rebellion. He says there is no other way, because maji are dangerous.
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Chapter Sixty-Seven
...Zélie is bloodied and almost lifeless, in chains. Inan wonders how Saran can think the maji are animals when he behaves this way himself. Inan unlocks her restraints and carries her...
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Chapter Sixty-Eight
...makeshift explosives to use as a distraction. Using their various powers in concert, the various maji in the group fight their way through the guards who remain in the hall. Amari...
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...if need be. She feels a righteous anger, thinking of Binta and all the other maji who have suffered and died because of this man. She prepares to strike, but Tzain’s...
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Chapter Sixty-Nine
...now determined to stop magic, but he also must save Zélie. He realizes that the maji breaking in will head to Zélie’s cell to try to find her, and so he...
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Chapter Seventy-Four
...young prince, he watched as the monarchy considered a proposal to integrate leaders of the maji clans into the nobility of the court. Saran’s father dreamed of such a government, one...
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Chapter Seventy-Eight
...group is able to push past them with relative ease. The soldiers are expecting a maji army. A fog clings to everything, helping to obscure the group’s movements; Zélie thinks it...
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Chapter Eighty
...is not the path—she must fix things. She needs to restore magic, so that the maji can finally be treated with respect, so they can ward off violence with the threat...
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Chapter Eighty-Four
...to her ancestors as she does so. She feels the power of her ancestors, both maji and kosidán, flowing through her. She feels their energy pulsing through her. The sunstone shatters...
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