initiation rites of,2:685–686
Kono people and,2: 685
magic practiced by,2: 685
writing system of,2: 685
Van Beek, Walter,1:215,1: 218
Vesey, Denmark,1:175–176
Vèvè, 2:686–688
Haitian Vodu lwa deities represented by,
2:686–688
lwa emblems and,2: 686
lwa Vilokan mythological abode and,2: 688
ritual vèvè motif,2: 687
Vilokan, 2:688–689
Legba as mediator and,2: 689
lwas mythological abode of,2:688–689
mirrored image symbolism of,2: 689
physical description of,2: 688
Vita, Kimpa,2: 568
Vodou and the Haitian Revolution, 2:689–691
Danse á Don Pédre and,1:262–263
Boukman Dutty and,2: 691
Cécile Fatiman and,1:131,1:262–263,1:403,
2:568,2: 691
François Makandal and,2: 690
NanchonPetwo Vodou rite and,1: 262
Ogun and,2: 482
red color symbolism and,2: 565
resistance to enslavement and,2:568,
2:689–691
vèvè and,2:686–688
Vodou role in,2:689–691
Vodun deities’ nanchons (nations) and,1: 132
See alsoBois Caiman; Boukman(Dutty
Boukman, Zamba Boukman);Fatiman,
Cecile; Ginen; Govi; Makandal
Vodou in Benin, 2:691–694
Bondye Supreme Being and,1: 136
calamity deities and,1: 149
contemporary Vodun in Benin,2: 694
deities and associated foods and,1:275 (table)
fetishes and,1: 266
International Vodun Festival and,1:266,2: 694
lighting the fires Ogun blood ritual and,1: 127
Loa ancestral spirits and,1: 377
lwa Vilokan mythological abode and,
2:688–689
Nana Buluku Supreme Creator and,1:377,
2: 692
number 3 symbolism and,2: 662
popularity of,2: 694
selected Vodun and their attributes and,
2:692–693
Vodun adepts or the Vodunsi and,2:693–694
Vodun meanings, names and,2: 692
See alsoIwa; Mawu-Lisa; Nana Buluku
Vodou in Haiti, 2:695–700
Agwe and,1:19–20,2: 559
Aida Wedo and,1:20–21,1:270,1: 559
All Saints’ Day celebration and,2:698,2: 700
apparition of the Virgin Mary celebration and,
2:698,2: 700
Azaka, the Loa and,1:82–84
Bawon Samdi deity classification in,1: 115
belief concept and,2: 695
blessing offerings in,1: 126
Bondye Supreme Being and,1: 136
Catholic repression of,2: 696
chicken offering and,1: 274
Code Noir of 1685 and,2: 696
communal rituals of,2:697–699
Danbala (Dambala) Wedo and,1:20–21,
1:192–193,2:471,2: 697
death as spiritual transformation and,2: 695
desounen ritual of death and,1:196–197,
2:698–699
diaspora (enslavement) and,1: 201
diaspora to U.S., Canada and,2:699–700
drinking vodun ritual and,1: 132
drums and,1: 222
Ezili Dantò and,1: 254
Ezili Freda and,1:254–255,2: 697
“fetishism” and,2: 696
funerary cycle rituals and,2: 698
Gede offerings and,2: 698
gender boundaries in,1:20–21,1: 136
Ginen and,1:282–284,1: 296
govi clay ancestral jar and,1:171,1:296–297,
2:575,2: 699
gwobonanj and tibonanj parts of soul and,
1:196,1:283,1:296–297,1:302,2:664,
2:698–699
healers and,1:206,2: 695
history of,2:695–697
Houngan and,1:302,1:318–319
intuitivevs.prognostic divination and,2: 699
lwa and,1:20–21,1:136,2: 697
lwa Vilokan mythological abode and,2:688–689
mirrored image symbolism of,2: 689
multiethnic and multicultural character of,
2: 700Index 861