Correspondence between Orishas of Ifa and Lwa of Vodou
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:01 am
I have done about as much studying as I can short of apprenticing to a house ...
And it seems to me that Ifa is really the African backbone of the "New World" diaspora currents, like Vodou, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Santeria.
I would love to have a discussion of how the Ifa Orisha's were synchretized into the lwa of vodou. It seems to me that there are direct correspondences, such as Esu=Legba.
But I'm certainly no expert, and so I toss it out to the members. I know we have a few houngans, mambos and babalawos floating around.
Specifically with Haitian vodou, there seems to be a deep core of what is essentially Ifa spirits, that then is added free masonry, Catholic saints, etc. to produce Vodou. I don't mean to overly simplify.
But I think it's very interesting to trace back the true African sources.
And it seems to me that Ifa is really the African backbone of the "New World" diaspora currents, like Vodou, Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Santeria.
I would love to have a discussion of how the Ifa Orisha's were synchretized into the lwa of vodou. It seems to me that there are direct correspondences, such as Esu=Legba.
But I'm certainly no expert, and so I toss it out to the members. I know we have a few houngans, mambos and babalawos floating around.
Specifically with Haitian vodou, there seems to be a deep core of what is essentially Ifa spirits, that then is added free masonry, Catholic saints, etc. to produce Vodou. I don't mean to overly simplify.
But I think it's very interesting to trace back the true African sources.