What do you call someone who practices voodoo?

What do you call someone who practices voodoo?

The spelling Voodoo is sometimes used for the Louisiana practice to distinguish it from Haitian Vodou. In some sources, practitioners are referred to as Voodoos themselves, and elsewhere as Voodooists. A related term is hoodoo, which may originally have been largely synonymous with Voodoo.

Who is Legba?

Legba represents a West African and Caribbean Voodoo god. This god has many different names depending on the region in which he is worshipped is most commonly known in Haiti as Papa Legba. Papa Legba serves as the guardian of the Poto Mitan--the center of power and support in the home.

What is ginen in voodoo?

Ginen (also referred to as Guinée or La Guinée) is that aspect of the Vodu religion that establishes a direct link between Haitian Vodu devotees and [Page 282]their African ancestral land. During the days of slavery, the name Ginen/Guinée became a generic term used to refer to West Africa as a whole.

What is the origin of voodoo?

In Haiti voodoo began as an underground activity. During the 1700s thousands of West African slaves were shipped to Haiti to work on French plantations. The slaves were baptized as Roman Catholics upon their arrival in the West Indies.

What is a male voodoo priest called?

Houngan, or oungan, is the term for a male priest in Haitian Vodou (a female priest is known as a mambo).

What is a Voodooist?

1. voodooism - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities. hoodooism, vodoun, voodoo. cultus, religious cult, cult - a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" hoodoo - a practitioner of voodoo.

What does Papa Legba do with innocent souls?

What Papa Legba does with the innocent souls he acquires from his accomplices is unknown. Because these souls have done no injustice, and therefore nothing to warrant damnation in their own personal Hell, it can be assumed that Papa Legba sends them to a lighter afterlife that does not inflict eternal torment.

Is ESHU Papa Legba?

Papa Legba is thought to have emerged from the Yoruba and Dahomeyan diaspora as a continuation of the Orisha Eshu. This emerged as Lwa Papa Legba in Haitian voodoo, spirit Papa Laba in New Orleans Hoodoo and as the Oricha Elegua in Santeria.

Is Haiti in Africa?

Today, Haiti's about 9 million inhabitants are mainly of African origin. The country's capital is called Port-au-Prince. Haiti is the only country on the two American continents that is counted among the world's least developed countries. ... Haiti has been independent since 1804.

How many Orisha are there?

Yoruba tradition often says that there are 400 + 1 orisha, which is associated with a sacred number. Other sources suggest that the number is "as many as you can think of, plus one more – an innumerable number". Different oral traditions refer to 400, 700, or 1,440 orisha.