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Maman Brigitte (English: Mother Brigitte) sometimes also written as Manman Brigitte and also known by Gran Brigitte, Grann Brigitte, Manman, Manman Brigit, and Maman Brijit is a death loa (or lwa) and the consort of Baron Samedi in Haitian Vodou.
Papa Legba is a lwa, or loa, in West African Vodun and its diasporic derivatives (Dominican Republic Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Winti), who serves as the intermediary between God and humanity.
Brigid or Brigit (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ ɪ d, ˈ b r iː ɪ d / BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), [1] also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
Baron Samedi is discussed extensively in the four-part podcast titled Real Dictators: Papa Doc François Duvalier. Narrated by English actor Paul McGann, Duvalier and his purposeful adoption of Baron Samedi's dress, voice, and actions to frighten the Haitian people in order to further exploit them for his own political agenda.
Erzulie, Papa Legba and Baron Samedi all appear in the WildCats original comic series, assisting Voodoo. In the Dark Shadows novel, Angelique's Descent, Angelique Bouchard was forced to pose as Erzulie in a series of religious rituals as a child in order to appease her father's slaves.
"Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" is the fourth and final movie in the rom-com franchise. Renée Zellweger's titular character struggles with grief after the death of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth ...
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, marks the fourth instalment of the franchise and will be released on Valentine’s Day next year. Based on the 2013 book of the same name, it follows Renée ...
The signifying monkey is a character of African-American folklore that derives from the trickster figure of Yoruba mythology, Esu Elegbara.This character was transported with Africans to the Americas under the names of Exu, Echu-Elegua, Papa Legba, and Papa Le Bas.