FEMST 185GR Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Erzulie, Loa, Papa Legba
Document Summary
Everything has a spirit; spirits live in a mythic land called ginen. Lwa: fundamental principle - everything consists of spirits (i. e. humans are spirits living in the visible world); like orisha, lwa aren"t gods themselves but are spirits created by god/bondye to aid the living. Legba: master & keeper of crossroads who makes communication with the spirits possible. Ezili: tripartite spirit who consists of lasiren (mermaid), ezili freda (lwa of love), and ezili danto (warrior lwa and patron of single mothers) Danbala wedo & his wife ayida wedo are represented by two snakes - power & eternity of life. Loko: lwa of trees and patron of the temple is. Ogou: lwa of strength and power lwa aziyan: protect marketplaces & merchants. Main goal of voodoo is to serve the spirits. Vodou in haiti and benin or voodoo in new orleans is another nature- based african-derived religion. Vodou derives from a word meaning spirit or god in the fon and.
