![]() ![]() They are also fed white foods include white rooster (for Damballah), white hen (for Ayida), white pigeons or doves, white rice, and raw white chicken eggs (balanced on a mound of white flour). More so than any other lwa, any altars set up in service to Damballah or Ayida should be kept, white, crisp and spotlessly clean.īoth Damballah and Ayida are normally served on Thursday and are normally offered milk or Champagne Cola, both Damballah and Ayida will also frequently take sips of Anisette or Champagne. Patrick and Ayida by “Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception”. ![]() Damballah is most commonly represented by St. However, I have seen some people accent Ayida’s altars with small touches of black. He was the first to exist after God, and it is from him that all life. The most pure of all the lwa, Danballa is the Sky Father, and Father to all the lwa. Danballa Wedo is a very important lwa in the reglemen of Haitian Vodou, and in Hounfo Racine Deesse Dereyale. One of my favorite songs used to entice Damballah into possession says:īoth Damballah and Ayida are served with the color white – pure white. Danballa Wedo Ayida Wedo Tout zan’y se zan’y oh, zan’y anba se moin. Their mere presence had the ability to calm the crowds and relax the senses. Each time I have had the privilege of meeting these spirits in Haiti the humfor filled with peace. And Ayida Wedo, a female spirit in Haiti, manifests as a magnificent rainbow and often follows her husband in possession. As a matter of fact, because of his purity Damballah should be kept from away from the dead. Nevertheless, in Haiti Damballah is known to be a very wise and pure lwa and unlike his Dahomian counterpart isn’t associated with the dead at all. In Dahomey, Damballah specifically manifests as a serpent spirit named Dambada, “who represents the spirits of the old, old ancestors who are not known”, while Ayida Wedo is known as Aido Hwedo, a male rainbow serpent, whose name means “you were created before the earth and before the sky”. According to Herskovits (1967) in ancient Dahomey all snakes were called “Da”. While Damballah and Ayida have manifested differently in Haiti, they both come directly from ancient Dahomey (present day Bénin). Unlike some of the other lwa who are represented by snakes, Damballah Wedo and his wife, Ayida Wedo are snakes and their muted possession performance exemplifies this fact. DAMBALLAH Wedo, AYIDA Wedo Vèvè Medium size Enamel Mug Haitian Vodou Ceremony Spiritual Altar AyiboboZantray (5) 16.57 Papa Damballa Wedo Loa Great Earth Serpent Haitian Vodou Voodoo Orleans Hoodoo Religious Statue for Altar Decoration Carving VoodooCarving (616) 78. They are Rada (cool) spirits in Haitian Vodou and always called. He is seen as a large snake who, during possession, slithers on the ground and flickers his serpentine tongue. This is Ayida Wedo, wife of Damballah Wedo, who can be seen bottom left with the white egg. ĭamballah formed the arch of the heavens, though he sometimes basked in the sun on the earth.Damballah Wedo is the serpent lwa. Together, they are depicted on musical instruments and furniture. Entwined, the two represented marital unity. His wife and counterpart was the rainbow goddess Ayida whereas he was the serpent of the earth, she was the serpent of the sky. ![]() Whenever he came to earth, deep valleys and fissures were made by his movements, and whenever he swam through the oceans, he created tremendous waves. He lived in trees near springs, and he usually was found around the water. Damballah never spoke, but every blessing he gave was very powerful. Special pools were built so that he could bathe. Damballah and Ayida Wedo can be addressed in nature in several places. Though he did not concern himself with mortal problems, he was venerated on Haiti, as he was the patron of rivers, streams, and rain. Damballah Wedo is the cosmic serpent divinity of wisdom, purity, coolness, education, reincarnation, birth rebirth and wealth, his counterpart and wife Ayida Wedo, is about the invisible world becoming visible, second sight, and the female side of the tasks Damballa oversees. All loa regarded Damballah as their father, and he was a fertility deity and a god of the sky. Origin: Vodoun Mythology, Haitian Mythology, Caribbean Mythology About Damballahĭamballah was the snake-god or loa and the great cosmic serpent of the Rada pantheon. Alternative spellings: Damballa, Dambella Wedo, Danbala ![]()
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