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Damballa

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Damballa
Veve for Damballa and Ayida-Weddo
Venerated inHaitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism
Patronagebodies of water[1]
Painting of Damballah La Flambeau as a winged snake-woman.
Damballah La Flambeau, by the Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite

Damballa, also spelled Damballah, Dambala, Dambalah, among other variations (Haitian Creole: Danbala), is 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 traditionally portrayed as a great white or black serpent,[2] but may also be depicted as a rainbow.[1] Damballa originated in the city of Wedo (Whydah or Ouidah) in modern-day Benin.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference coulter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Chita Tann, Mambo (2012). Haitian Vodou. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7387-3069-1.
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