Haitian Vodoun Creation Story

Damballah, the great sky-serpent and father of all the Loa, created all the waters of the Earth. The movement of his 7,000 coils formed hills and valleys on Earth and brought forth stars and planets in the cosmos. He forged metals from his heat and sent forth lighting bolts to form the sacred rocks and stones of the world. When he shed his skin in the sun, releasing all the waters over the land, the reflection in the waters created a rainbow. Damballah fell in love with the rainbow, and made it his wife, Aida-Wedo (she represents the sky as a whole).

The Loa descended upon the first faithful in the legendary city of Ifé, located in Nigeria, where all life and and spiritual strength come from.

Loa - spirit, intermediary between the creator and humanity

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