Damballa

Damballa
Damballah La Flambeau, by the Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite
Venerated inHaitian Vodou, Folk Catholicism
Patronagebodies 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, but may also be depicted as a rainbow. Damballa originated in the city of Wedo (Whydah or Ouidah) in modern-day Benin.

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