![]() ![]() Some houses also serve him with anisette and corn syrup. His offerings are very simple and he prefers an egg on a mound of flour. As a loa of the Rada nation he is associated with the color white. His wife is the rainbow serpent Ayida Weddo (he is also married to Erzulie Freda). Some of his ritual songs indicate that he "carries the ancestors" on his back to Ginen, the afterlife. He is also the father of all the rest of the loa and is considered to be the loa of creation. Rada Loa/Lwa, or spirits who come out of the rites of the old kingdom of Dahomey (present Nigeria, Benin and Togo), generally considered to be benevolent and sweet (dous).In Vodoun, Damballa is one of the most important of all the loa. ![]() It acts as a “beacon” for the Loa, and will serve as a loa’s representation during rituals. ![]() THE TOP ELEVEN DEITIES IN VOODOO MYTHOLOGYĪ Veve (spelled Vèvè or Vevè) is a religious symbol commonly used in different branches of voodoo throughout the African diaspora such as Voodoo and is different than the petipembas used in Palo or ponto riscados used in Quimbanda since they are all separate African religions.The serpent and the rainbow taught humankind the link between blood and life, between menstruation and birth, and the ultimate Vodou sacrament of blood sacrifice.”(3) The spiritual nectar that they created reproduces through all men and women as milk and semen. As the first rains fell, a rainbow encompassed the sky and Danbala took her, Ayida Wedo, as his wife. From its deepest core it released the sacred waters to fill the earth with life. it shot thunderbolts to the earth to create the sacred thunderstones. It scattered stars in the firmament and wound its taught flesh down the mountains to create riverbeds. Then the titanic snake began to move and heave its massive form from the earth to envelop the sky. “In the beginning there was a vast serpent, whose body formed seven thousand coils beneath the earth, protecting it from descent into the abysmal sea. [3) In some West African mythology, Mawu the creator sent down Adanhu and Yewa from the sky with the rainbow serpent Ayida-Weddo. Like Dambala, she lives in the sky as well as in all the trees, springs, pools, and rivers. Veve of Ayida-Weddo and Damballa, always depicted together. Her ceremonial colors are white and blue. Her symbols are the rainbow and white paquet congo. Ayida-Weddo is a member of the Rada family and a root, or (Old French) racine loa.Her daughter is Ayizan, the goddess of the marketplace and of initiation into the sacred truths, making her the head Mambo (Voodoo priestess).(1).She shares her husband with his concubine, Erzulie Freda.She is married to husband/companion Damballah-Wedo, the Sky God is also a loa of creation. The pair often manifest in the skies over Haiti as intertwined serpents.Integrity, whether physical (structural), or moral, is the natural result of integration–weaving together elements that are very different. “She represents continuity and strength, integration and wholeness, as the rainbow contains all the colors, split from white light. Her message is one of healing and strength for the whole of the world.Ayida-Weddo is a loa of fertility, rainbows, wind, water, fire, and snakes in Vodou, especially in Benin and Haiti.Aida-Weddo, Ayida-Wedo, Aido Quedo, and Aido Hwedo.Ayida-Weddo is a loa of fertility, rainbows, wind, water, fire, and snakes Other names: ![]()
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