Voodoo


Adja
see "
Adjassou-Linguetor"

Adja Bosu
see "
Adjassou-Linguetor"

Adjassou-Linguetor
In
Voodoo, Adjassou-Linguetor (Adja, Adha Bosu) is a loa with protruberant eys and a bad temper who governs spring water.

Agwe
In
Voodoo, Agwe is the goddess of the sea.

Aida-Wedo
Aida-Wedo is the
voodoo rainbow snake loa.

Clermeil
In
Voodoo, Clermeil is a loa in the form of a white-man. When angry he makes rivers overflow.

Congo
In
Voodoo, Congo is a handsome but lethargic and slow-witted loa.

Damballa
In
Voodoo, Damballa is a loa who governs snakes and floods and can cure all illness.

Diable Tonnere
In
Voodoo, Diable Tonnere is a powerful loa.

Diablesse
In
Voodoo, Diablesses are the spirits of women who died as virgins. They are forced to purge the sin of dieing a virgin by living in the woods for many years before they will be allowed into heaven.

Diejuste
In
Voodoo, Diejuste is a benevolant loa.

Erzilie
In
Voodoo, Erzilie is the goddess of sexual love.

Gangan
In
Voodoo, a gangan is an inferior shaman unable to reach hougan.

Grand Bois
In
Voodoo, Grand Bois is the loa of the forces of nature.

Guedes
In
Voodoo, guedes are the spirits of the dead.

Houngans
In
Voodoo, the houngans are the priests.

Ibo
In
Voodoo, Ibo is a handsome, friendly loa.

Ibo Loa
In
Voodoo, the Ibo Loa are gods and spirits.

Jean
In
Voodoo, Jean is a stern, but nervous loa who rules the thunder and earthquakes.

L'inglesou
In
Voodoo, L'inglesou is a fierec looking loa who lives among rocks and in ravines and kills those who offend him.

Legba
In Fon mythology, Legba is the youngest son of
Lisa and Mawu. He is the god of fate.
In Voodoo, Legba is one of the two gods who open the road to the spirit world.

Limba
In
Voodoo, Limba is a rough male loa who lives among the rocks and persecutes people. He has an insatiable appetite and is said to kill and eat his devotees.

Loa
In
voodoo, the loa are spirits. They may be either male or female.

Lutin
In
Voodoo, a lutin is the ghost of an unbaptised child.

Maman Brigitte
In
voodoo, Maman Brigitte is the loa of death and cemeteries.

Marassa Jumeaux
In
Voodoo, Marassa Jumeaux are the ghosts of dead twins.

Mombu
In
Voodoo, Mombu is a stammering loa who causes storms of torrential rain.

Nago Shango
In
Voodoo, Nago Shango is a powerful and lively loa.

Ogoun
In
Voodoo, Ogoun is a warrior and blacksmith loa. He is especially fond of rum and tobacco.

Petro loa
In
Voodoo, the Petro loa are a group of easily annoyed spirits symbolised by the whip.

Pie
In
Voodoo, Pie is a grave soldier loa who lies at the bottom of ponds and rivers. He makes floods.

Rada loa
In
Voodoo, the Rada loa are the chief deities.

Revenant
In
Voodoo, a revenant is a spirit of the dead who feeling neglected returns to plague their living relatives.

Samedi
In
Voodoo, Samedi is an important loa, god of the cemetery.

Serviteur
In
Voodoo, a serviteur is someone who becomes posessed by a loa during a ceremony.

Sobo
In
Voodoo, Sobo is a loa who looks like a handsome soldier.

Sousson-Pannan
In
Voodoo, Sousson-Pannan is an ugly loa covered in sores. He is totaly evil and drinks spirits and blood.

Ti Jean Quinto
In
Voodoo, Ti Jean Quinto is an insolent loa in policeman form who lives under bridges.

Ville au Camp
In
Voodoo, Ville au Camp is the underwater capital of the loas.

Zobops
In
Voodoo, the zobops are an order of male sorcerers.

Zombie
In
Voodoo, a zombie is the spirit of a person killed by a sorcerer and resurected by evil houngans.