Vodún or vodúnsínsen is an African traditional religion practiced by the Aja, Ewe, and Fon peoples of Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. Practitioners are...

in West Africa. It originates within the traditional religion of the Yoruba people although is also practised by followers of West African Vodun and...

Vodun art is associated with the West African Vodun religion of Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana. The term is sometimes used more generally for art associated...

iron" and is present in Yoruba religion, Santería, Haitian Vodou, West African Vodun, and the folk religion of the Gbe people. He attempted to seize the...

Papa Legba is a lwa, or loa, in West African Vodun and its diasporic derivatives (Dominican Republic Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Winti)...

Abrahamic 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...

one of the most important of all loa, spirits in West African Vodun, Haitian Voodoo and other African diaspora religious traditions such as Obeah. He is...

Ati-A-Sou) is a loa who guards the old traditions of Dahomey in the West African Vodun religion and the rada loa of Haitian Vodou. Agassou is the product...

Adya Hount'tò is a loa associated with drumming in West African Vodun. Holiday, F. (2021). World Mythology Lite. Frederick Holiday. Retrieved 2022-07-15...

subgroup. Similar to other traditional religions of West and Central Africa such as West African Vodun, Yoruba religion, or Odinani, Akan cosmology consists...

Libations might be poured into the ground. Precursor religions such as West African Vodún also practiced large-scale human sacrifice such as annual customs...

Introduction to African Religion. Lanham: University Press of America. pp. 107–109. Falen, Douglas J. (2018). African Science: Witchcraft, Vodun, and Healing...

documentary films focusing on subjects such as the origin of voodoo through West African Vodun in Togo and Benin; and ancient Quranic libraries in the Sahara. As...

capital of Togo in West Africa. The Akodessawa Fetish Market is the world's largest voodoo market. The market sells fetishes used in vodún religious practice...

and discuss issues pertaining to the family. As part of the religious Vodun practiced in the area, gifts and sacrifices to the spirits and ancestors...

In the West African Vodun religion, Sobo (alternative name: Grande Sobo) is a soldier-loa who rules over thunder. Sobo is a spirit or loa in Haitian Vodou...

Vodou and other African diasporic religions. West African Vodun Traditional African religion portal Akyeampong, Emmanuel (2014). Africa's Development in...

Vodunu, also known as Rada Feast or Rada, is the practice of Vodun, a traditional West African religion, as it is observed in Trinidad and Tobago, particularly...

Images, Yanick Folly/AFP/Getty (12 January 2020). "Benin celebrates west African voodoo – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 August...

lightning; master of thunder dogs in Kongo mythology) Azaka-Tonnerre (West African Vodun/Haitian Vodou) Mulungu Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso. Thunder...

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...

free dictionary. Voodoo may refer to: West African Vodun, a religion practiced by Gbe-speaking ethnic groups African diaspora religions, a list of related...

the Nile River. Legba, phallic crossroad spirit and trickster in West African Vodun and Haitian Vodou. He is the bringer of magic, master diviner and...

Mawu-Lisa the secondary creator, and the theology based on these is called Vodun, Voodoo or Vodoun. According to Maya Deren, some Vodouwizan believe that...

Heaven, which examines the history, nature and religious practices of West African Vodun. The documentary premiered at the Miami International Film Festival...

West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures, heroes...

is a religious symbol commonly used in different branches of Vodun throughout the African diaspora, such as Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo. The veve...

to: Aja people of west Africa, mainly residents of Benin Abbreviation of Adjassou-Linguetor, a loa in the religion of West African Vodun This disambiguation...

southeastern Nigeria) Serer religion (Serer of Senegal and northern West Africa) Vodun (Fon and Ewe of Benin and southwestern Nigeria) Nuer religion (Nuer...

such as the Orisha, Loa, Vodun, Nkisi and Alusi, among others. In addition to the religious syncretism of these various African traditions, many also incorporate...