Haitian mythology

Haitian religion is known as Voodoo. It is a syncretic mixture of Roman Catholic rituals introduced during the French colonial period, and African tribal beliefs, with roots in the Yoruba, Kongo and Dahomey mythology . Another important aspect of the Haitian spiritual life is magic and serpent worship.

Pantheon

• 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 - loa of fish and aquatic plants.
• Aido Quedo - loa of fertility and snakes.
• Ayida-Weddo - Haitian goddess, where she is also known as Rainbow Snake. She is married to Damballa.
• Ayizan - Haitian goddess of the marketplace.
• Azaka Medeh - loa of harvest.
• 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 - loa of the dead.
• 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.
• Conga - Haitian voodoo deity.
• Congo - Haitian voodoo deity.
• Damballa - father of the loa and humankind.
• 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 or Eshu - Child trickster deity.
• 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. Also called Mami Wata in African mithology.
• Gran Maître - Haitian creator god.
• Grand Bois - Haitian loa of creation.
• Kalfu - Haitian god of the night, symbolized by the moon. Thought to be very dangerous.
• Lemba - Haitian voodoo deity.
• Limba - Haitian loa believed to live among rocks. Thought to have insatiable hunger and eats people, even his own followers.
• L'inglesou - Haitian loa which lives among rocks and in ravines.
• 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, also called Kalfu.
• 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 - Voodoo death 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.
• Mambo - Haitian loa who brings storms.
• Mounanchou - Haitian voodoo deity.
• Nago Shango- Haitian voodoo deity.
• Obatala - yoruba creator god.
• Ogoun - Haitian voodoo god of fire, iron, politics, thunder and war.
• Oloddumare - youruba creator god.
• Oshun - yoruba goddess of love, also Erzulie (in Voodoo).
• Oya - yoruba warrior goddess.
• Papa Legba - intermediary between the loa and humanity.
• Pie - Haitian god of floods, soldier loa.
• 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.
• Yemalla - Yoruban mother goddess, also called LaSiren, Mami Wata

Related notions

• Asagwe - Haitian voodoo dancing used to honor the gods.
• Avalou - Haitian voodoo dance which means supplication.
• 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.
• Gangan - Haitian voodoo shaman.
• Ghede - family of spirits related to death and fertility
• 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.
• Loa - Haitian god or goddess.
• Mambo - Haitian priestess who, together with the Hungan, leads the voodoo rituals and invokes the loa.
• Petro - aggressive and warlike family of spirits
• Rada - old, benefic family of spirits
• Ville au Camp - The underwater capital of the loa.
• Voodoo
• Vodou or Voudoun
• Zombie

External links

• List of Voodoo loa