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Haitian mythology consists of many folklore stories from different time periods, involving sacred dance and deities, all the way to Vodou.Haitian Vodou is a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholic rituals developed during the French colonial period, based on traditional African beliefs, with roots in Dahomey, Kongo and Yoruba traditions, and folkloric influence from the indigenous Taino peoples of ...
A Vodou ceremony taking place in an ounfò in Jacmel, Haiti The chwal takes on the behaviour and expressions of the possessing lwa; [ 90 ] their performance can be very theatrical. [ 76 ] Those believing themselves possessed by the serpent Damballa, for instance, often slither on the floor, dart out their tongue, and climb the posts of the ...
In English, Vodou's practitioners are termed Vodouists; [46] in French and Haitian Creole, they are called Vodouisants [47] or Vodouyizan. [48] Another term for adherents is sèvitè (serviteurs, "devotees"), [49] reflecting their self-description as people who sèvi lwa ("serve the lwa "), the supernatural beings that play a central role in Vodou.
'The Mysteries of Vodou') is a 1993 illustrated monograph on Haitian Vodou. Written by the Haitian sociologist of religion Laënnec Hurbon, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard as the 190th volume in their 'Découvertes' collection [1] (known as 'New Horizons' in the United Kingdom, and 'Abrams Discoveries' in the United States).
In Haiti, Ayida-Weddo is said to have crossed the ocean with her husband Damballa to take the ancient knowledge and traditions of Vodou from Africa to the Caribbean. As Damballa slithered under the ocean, Ayida-Weddo flew across the sky in the form of the rainbow until the two loa reunited in Haiti, bringing Vodou to the Americas. [23]
The Petwo (Haitian Creole: Petwo), also spelled Petro [a] and alternatively known as dompete, are a family of lwa (loa) spirits in the religion of Haitian Vodou.They are regarded as being volatile and "hot", in this contrasting with the Rada lwa, which are regarded as sweet-tempered and "cool."
Zaka (also known by various names such as: Kouzin, Couzen, Azake, Mazaka, Azaka Medeh, Mede, Papa Zaka, Zaka, Papa Zaca, Cousin Zaca, etc.) [1] is the loa of the harvest in Haitian Vodou mythology. [2] Another way to reference this loa is through the name "Azaka Médé". [3] The Cousin Zaka or Zaka is the loa of the harvest. This loa wears a ...
Damballa is said to be the sky father and the primordial creator of all life, or the first thing created by the Bondye.In those Vodou societies that view Damballa as the primordial creator, he created the cosmos by using his 7000 coils to form the stars and the planets in the heavens and to shape the hills and valleys on Earth.