Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Bugid Y Aiba" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | God of war. Clåśśed as one of the ZEMIS. The local Indians have believed that the deity can give them strength. When they smoke in a ritual ceremony in honor of the god, their arms increase in size. He will also restore failed eyesight.... |
God name "Bugid Y Alba" | Haiti | God of war Haiti / Puerto Rico |
God name "Faraguvol" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | Votive god. The deified trunk of a tree which is carried to a tribal chief and presented. The being represented, clåśśed as a ZEMI, is considered to wander about and can escape from a closed bag or sack.... |
God name "Faragvoul" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | A votive god |
Spirit name "Loa" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | spirit beings. The gods of the voodoo cult who were originally imported by slaves from West Africa. An amount of Christian influence is present in their makeup.... |
Goddess name "Oba" | Puerto Rico | Goddess of water. Puerto Rico |
God name "Olokum" | Carib | A god in Puerto Rico that is a hermaphrodite |
Spirit name "Yocahu" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | Tutelary god. A benevolent deity, the son of the universal mother, and known as the great spirit. Believed to live in the Sun. Also Marcoti; JocakuvagueMaorocon.... |