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Post by snowdragon on Aug 3, 2007 12:12:03 GMT -5
Pantheon of Gods CARIBBEAN Agaman Nibo (Haiti/Vodoun): goddess of the dead; mother of Baron Samedi
Anacacuya (Taino): brother in law of Guayahona
Annency/Ti Malice (West Indies): trickster and spider; known as Ti Malice in Haiti
Atabei (Cuba): earth goddess
Ayida Wedo (Haiti/Vodoun): rainbow snake goddess; wife of Damballa
Baron Samedi (Haiti/Vodoun): cheif deity; god of death, magic and the underworld
Corocote (Taino): guardian of sexual pleasure and romance
Damballa/Damballa Wedo (Haiti/Vodoun): serpent god associated with fertility and fresh water; leader of the Loa
Ghede (Haiti/Vodoun): god of the dead; a wise man, represented as an undertaker
Guabancex (Taino): goddess of storms, wind and water
Itiba Cahubaba (Taino): the Taino earth mother who gave birth to two sets of male twins, the fathers of humanity
Legba (Haiti/Vodoun): god of the sun who offers protection from evil spirits
Lemba (Haiti): a deity, of congo religion, worshipped in the african cults of Haiti and Brazil
Loa (Haiti/Vodoun): group of divinities run by Damballa; some protect cemeteries and crossroads
Maman Brigitte (Haiti/Vodoun): wife of Ghede who protects graves in cemeteries
Maquetaurie Guayaba (Taino): lord of the dead; master of sweetness and delight
Obtala (West Indies): sky goddess (Obatala also the name of a male deity)
Odduda (West Indies): wife of Obatala, the male god
Opiel Guabiron (Taino): guardian of the underworld
Oshun (West Indies): goddess of love and fertility
Yaya (Taino): supreme god and origin of creation
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