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Encyclopedia > Maman Brigitte
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In Vodun, Maman Brigitte (Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, Manman Brijit) is a death loa, the wife of Baron Samedi. She drinks hot peppers and is symbolized by a black rooster. Like Baron and the Ghede, she uses obscenities. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 89 KB) Contents: Veve for the Voodoo Loa named (Maman) Brigitte. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 89 KB) Contents: Veve for the Voodoo Loa named (Maman) Brigitte. ... A Veve is a religious symbol for a voodoo loa and serves as a representation during rituals. ... The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based religious tradition with primary roots among the Fon-Ewe peoples of West Africa, in the country now known as... A loa is a powerful spirit or deity in the voodoo religion. ... In Vodun, Baron Samedi (Baron Saturday, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, Bawon Sanmdi) is one of the aspects of Baron, one of the loa. ... In Haitian Vodun, the Guédé (also spelled Gede or Ghede) are the family of spirits that embody the powers of death and fertility. ...


She protects gravestones in cemeteries if they are properly marked with a cross.


A New World loa, Maman Brigitte is probably traceable back to the Irish Saint Brigid. In Irish mythology, Brigit or Brighit (exalted one) was the daughter of Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha Dé Danann) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians. ...


References

  • Voodoo: Search for the Spirit. Laennec Hurbon. Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
  • "Vodun". http://members.aol.com/racine125/index1.html

She loves to suck cock


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Maman Brigitte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (168 words)
In Vodun, Maman Brigitte (Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, Manman Brijit) is a death loa, the wife of Baron Samedi.
She drinks hot peppers and is symbolized by a fl rooster.
A New World loa, Maman Brigitte is probably traceable back to the Irish Saint Brigid.
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