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John the Conqueror, also known as High John de Conqueror, John, Jack, and many other folk variants, is a deity from the African-American spiritual system called hoodoo. He is associated with the roots of Ipomoea purga , the John the Conqueror root or John the Conqueroo , to which magical powers are ascribed in African-American folklore ...
According to some scholars, the origin of High John de Conqueror may have originated from African male deities such as Elegua, who is a trickster spirit in West Africa. Zora Neale Hurston documented some history about High John de Conqueror from her discussions with African Americans in the South in her book, ‘‘The Sanctified Church’’.
Tristan Strong meets African American folktale characters like Brer Fox, High John the Conqueror, and John Henry. [3] Strong also meets West African deities like Nyame, Mmoatia, and Anansi the Weaver. Most of the book is set in Alke, in the MidPass. [6] Mbalia was introduced to Anansi tales, a major aspect of the novel, by his late father. [2]
A Prayer for Surrender in God. Father, I abandon myself into your hands. Do with me whatever you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you. I am ready for all, I accept all.
According to some scholars, the origin of High John the Conqueror may have originated from African male deities such as Elegua, who is a trickster spirit in West Africa. By the twentieth century, white drugstore owners began selling High John the Conqueror products with the image of a white King on their labels, commercializing hoodoo.
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Joel Chandler Harris's 'Br'er Rabbit' of the Uncle Remus stories is said to be patterned after High John the Conqueror. Pecos Bill is an American cowboy, apocryphally immortalized in numerous tall tales of the Old West during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona