Vodun

Vodun

Vodun also known as Voodoo by the general public, is a monotheistic region whose roots can be traced back to Africa. It was an actual religion that was practiced in Benin, Nigeria, and Togo. Slaves brought this religion with them, when they were forcibly shipped to the West Indies. The word Vodun means ‘Spirit’, and ...
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Haitian Vodou

Haitian Vodou is not a completely coherent, well recorded religion like some of the others we are used to encountering, but it is a strong and important faith not only for many Haitians and some converts. The pervasive oral tradition used to convey these beliefs allows for a surprising degree of wiggle room for things ...
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Louisiana Voodoo

During the years of slavery, voodoo was known to those in the United States as a religion that slaves practiced and brought from Africa. It is a religion that actually combines a number of religions derived from the African continent, with certain parts of Catholicism due in part because the slaves were forced to convert ...
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Santeria

Arising as a mix of the ancestor worship and animistic traditions of West Africa, and the Catholicism or Christianity of the European slave traders and plantation owners of the Carribean and Central and South America, the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria continues to capture the imagination. The practices and rituals of Santeria are often portrayed in ...
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Candomble

The Candomblé religion originated in Africa and Brazil, and is mainly only still practiced in Brazil and other surrounding countries. In the Candomblé religion, The Supreme Being, or God, has many names. Some of the names are: Eleda, Olodumare, Olofin-Orun, Olorun, and Eledumare. Along with God, the Candomblé believers worship the Orishás, who are referenced ...
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Baron Samedi

Baron Samedi shares a few other names, mostly according to the language he’s described in, such as French, Creole, or English; Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi. He is also called Baron Saturday, –Samedi is French for Saturday, and possibly because Saturday is a Sabbath day according to Judeo-Christian traditions. He is a loa, ...
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Guédé

The Guédé are a family of funeral loa, or death spirits according to the Vodou religion, and act as psychopomps, or guardians of the souls and the place of rest; the cemetery. They love rum, hot peppers, and generally possess sexual mischievousness, and are known for being obscene, and rowdy. The family has numerous members, ...
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Saturday (Samedi)

Baron Samedi takes his name from the French word for “Saturday”, although there is no known etymology for the term, in as far as the particular reason why that’s his name. Saturday is the only day of the week that takes its name from Roman mythology; the term original was “Saturn’s day”. Saturn was the ...
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Psychopomp

A psychopomp is a type of deity, spirit, or by any other a name, a non-human mythological figure that exists in the majority of religious structures, whose responsibility it is to guide the souls of the recently deceased, to the lands beyond, in the afterlife. Sometimes more than one psychopomp shares the role, because there ...
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Need A Zombie? Ask The Baron

According to various fan sites of the Voodoo religion, invoking a zombie is incredibly easy! But on the other hand, you also run the risk of starting a a zombie outbreak, and a plague that may or may not cause global devastation. Just like with our Golem instructions, you must be highly competent, and prepared ...
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