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A veve (also spelled vèvè or vevè) is a religious symbol commonly used in different branches of Vodun throughout the African diaspora, such as Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo. The veve acts as a "beacon" for the lwa, and will serve as a lwa ' s representation during rituals. [citation needed]
Ayida-Weddo is a member of the Rada family of loa, associated with protection, benevolence, and love. [9] In many stories, she is married to Damballa.As his inseparable companion, she shares him with his concubine, Erzulie Freda. [10]
A sequined drapo flag, depicting the vèvè symbol of the lwa Loko Atison; these symbols play an important role in Vodou ritual. Haitian Vodou [a] (/ ˈ v oʊ d uː /) is an African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Damballa is said to be the sky father and the primordial creator of all life, or the first thing created by the Bondye.In those Vodou societies that view Damballa as the primordial creator, he created the cosmos by using his 7000 coils to form the stars and the planets in the heavens and to shape the hills and valleys on Earth.
She is a racine, or root loa, associated with Vodoun rites of initiation (called kanzo). Just as her husband Loko is the archetypal houngan (priest), Ayizan is regarded as the first, or archetypal, mambo (priestess), and as such is also associated with priestly knowledge and mysteries, particularly those of initiation and the natural world.
This does not derive from veve or Catholic origins, but seems to have come from European nautical sources. [6] The image of a fish is important in Vodou as in Christian art, but the Vodou symbol comes from Fon mythology rather than Christianity. [15] It represents Agwé, who corresponds to the Fon sea deity Agbê.
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The veve of the lwa Baron Samedi. Although there are exceptions, most lwa names derive from the Fon and Yoruba languages. [21] New lwa are nevertheless added to those brought from Africa; [22] practitioners believe that some Vodou priests and priestesses became lwa after death, or that certain talismans become lwa. [23]