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[5] [6] Scholars define Hoodoo as a folk religion. Some practice Hoodoo as an autonomous religion, some practice as a syncretic religion between two or more cultural religions, in this case being African indigenous spirituality and Abrahamic religion. [7] [8] Many Hoodoo traditions draw from the beliefs of the Bakongo people of Central Africa. [9]
Hoodoo is a spiritual tradition defined by scholars as a folk religion was created by enslaved African Americans during slavery in colonial America for their protection against their enslavers. The practice combines influences from West and Central Africa that was synchronized with Christianity .
Haitian Vodou, a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti Haitian Vodou in Cuba; Hoodoo (spirituality), sometimes called Gullah Voodoo or Lowcountry Voodoo; Louisiana Voodoo, or New Orleans Voodoo, a set of African-based spiritual folkways; Trinidadian Vodunu, a syncretic religion practiced in Trinidad and Tobago
Black people talked about hags were "witches" that sold their soul to the devil and have the power to change into animals and insects and drain their victims spiritual essence. [3] In Gullah folklore, boo hags are similar to vampires. Unlike vampires, they gain sustenance from a person's breath, as opposed to their blood, by riding their victims.
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Frederick Douglass received a High John root from an enslaved conjurer named Sandy Jenkins for protection against slaveholders. [5]African-American Hoodoo practitioners place High John roots inside mojo bags for protection, victory, empowerment, good-luck, love, and protection from evil spirits. "...practitioners do this out of their reverence for or worship of the spirit (or in this case ...
The word goofer in goofer dust has Kongo origins and comes from the Kikongo word Kufwa which means "to die." [1] Among older Hoodoo practitioners, this derivation is very clear, because "Goofer" is not only used as an adjective modifying "dust" but also a verb ("He goofered that man") and a noun ("She put a goofer on him").
A Simbi (also Cymbee, Sim'bi, pl. Bisimbi) is a Central African water and nature spirit in traditional Kongo religion, as well as in African diaspora spiritual traditions, such as Hoodoo in the southern United States and Palo in Cuba. Simbi have been historically identified as water people, or mermaids, pottery, snakes, gourds, and fire.