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Encyclopedia > Haitian mythology

Haitian religion is known as Voodoo. It is a mixture of Roman Catholic rituals introduced during the French colonial period, and African theology and magic.


Gods

Adjassou-Linguetor - Haitian loa (goddess) of spring water.


Adjinakou - Haitian loa in the form of an elephant.


Adya Houn'tò - Haitian loa of the drums.


Agassou - Haitian loa which guards the Dahomean traditions.


Agwe


Aido Quedo


Asagwe - Haitian voodoo dancing used to honor the gods.


Avalou - Haitian voodoo dance which means supplication.


Ayida-Weddo - Haitian goddess, where she is also known as Rainbow Snake. She is married to Damballa.


Ayizan - Haitian goddess of the marketplace.


Azaka-Tonnerre - Haitian god of thunder, agriculture and farmers.


Bacalou - Haitian voodoo evil spirit depicted by the skull and crossbones.


Badessy - Haitian god of the sky.


Baron Samedi


Boli Shah - Haitian family loa.


Bossou Ashadeh - Haitian loa, king of Dahomey.


Boum'ba Maza - Haitian family loa.


Bugid Y Aiba - Haitian (and Puerto Rican) god of war.


Captain Debas - Haitian family loa.


Clermeil - Haitian god of flowing waters.


Coco macaque - Haitian voodoo implement. It is a stick, which is supposed to be able to walk on its own. The owner of a coco macaque can send it on errands. If it is used to hit an enemy, the enemy will die before the dawn.


Conga - Haitian voodoo deity.


Congo - Haitian voodoo deity.


Damballa


Dan Petro - Haitian god of farmers.


Dan Wédo - Haitian loa of the king of France.


Diable Tonnere - Haitian god of thunder.


Diejuste - Haitian voodoo deity.


Dinclinsin - Haitian voodoo deity feared for his severity.


Eleggua


Erzulie - Haitian voodoo goddess of beauty, dancing, flowers, jewels, love and luxury. Married to Damballa, Agwe and Ogoun. She is depicted as a water snake.


Gangan - Haitian voodoo shaman.


Ghede


Gran Maître - Haitian creator.


Grand Bois - Haitian loa of creation.


Guinee - Haitian afterlife. It is also where life began and the home of their gods.


Hungan - Haitian priests. They lead the peoples in dancing, drumming and singing to invoke the loa.


Kalfu - Haitian god of the night, symbolized by the moon. Thought to be very dangerous.


Lemba - Haitian voodoo deity.


Limba - Haitian loa belived to live amoung rocks. Thought to have insatiable hunger and eats people, even his own followers.


L'inglesou - Haitian loa which lives amoung rocks and in ravines.


Loa - Haitian god or goddess.


Loco - Haitian god of trees, plants and healers.


Lutin - The ghost of an unbaptized child in Haitian voodoo tradition.


Mademoiselle Charlotte - Haitian loa who resembles caucasian women.


Mait' Carrefour - Haitian god of magicians and lord of the crossroads.


Maîtresse Délai - Haitian loa who is a patron of the hountor or tambourine player.


Maîtresse Hounon'gon - Haitian loa which chants the canzo or ordeal by fire in voodoo tradition.


Maman Brigitte


Mambo - Haitian priestess who, together with the Hungan, leads the voodoo rituals and invokes the loa.


Marassa - The twin gods of Haitian voodoo.


Marassa Jumeaux - The ghosts of dead twins in Haitian voodoo tradition.


Marinette - Haitian loa, violent and powerful.


Mombu - Haitian loa who brings storms.


Mounanchou - Haitian voodoo deity.


Nago Shango- Haitian voodoo deity.


Obatala


Ogoun - Haitian voodoo god of fire, iron, politics, thunder and war.


Oloddumare


Oshun


Oya


Papa Legba


Petro


Pie - Haitian god of floods.


Simbi - Haitian water snake loa, which is one of the three voodoo cosmic serpents.


Sobo - Haitian god of thunder.


Sousson-Pannan - Haitian loa thought to be evil and ugly, with a body covered in sores.


Ti Jean Quinto - A mean Haitian spirit which lives under bridges and assumes the form of a policeman.


Ti Malice - Haitian trickster loa.


Ti-Jean Petro - Haitian snake deity and the son of Dan Petro.


Ville au Camp - The underwater capital of the loa.


Voodoo


Voudoun


Yemalla


Zombie


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