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Vodun (meaning
spirit in the Fon, Gun and Ewe languages,
pronounced [vodṹ] with a
nasal high-tone u; also
spelled Vodon, Vodoun, Vodou, Vudu, Voudou,...
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Vodun art is ****ociated with the West
African Vodun religion of Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. The term is
sometimes used more
generally for art ****ociated...
- Guérin C. (2006). "
Vodun and
Social Transformation in the
African Diasporic Experience: The
Concept of
Personhood in
Haitian Vodun Religion". In Bellegarde-Smith...
- of iron" and is
present in
Yoruba religion,
Haitian Vodou, West
African Vodun, and the folk
religion of the Gbe people. In
Yoruba religion, Ogun is a...
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other traditional religions of West and
Central Africa such as West
African Vodun,
Yoruba religion, or Odinani, Akan
cosmology consists of a
senior god who...
- 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...
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Amazons by
European observers, and the
elaborate religious practices of
Vodun. The
growth of
Dahomey coincided with the
growth of the
Atlantic slave trade...
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practice Christianity. Some
continue to hold
Vodun and
Orisha beliefs and have
incorporated the
pantheon of
Vodun and
Orisha into Christianity. Ahmadiyya,...
- God as Chukwu. Nana
Buluku is the
female supreme being in West
African Vodun. In
Dahomey mythology, Nana
Buluku is the
mother supreme creator who gave...
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hermaphroditic water creatures, seen
similarly to
water deities (to-
vodun) in West
African vodun; they can be
depicted with a
human body and a fish tail. Nommo...
