Damballa

Damballa
Damballa
	Veve for Damballa and Ayida-Weddo
Venerated in	Haitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism
Patronage	bodies of water

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]

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^ ^a ^b Chita Tann, Mambo (2012). Haitian Vodou. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7387-3069-1.

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[chita-2] Chita Tann, Mambo (2012). Haitian Vodou. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7387-3069-1.

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