ancestors

ancestor intermediate West African Vodun corroborated · 6

Ancestral spirits honored in Vodun practice.

↻ synthesized from 6 sources

When

Relationships

manifests as
Orishas
parent of
Orishas
created by
Qamata
serves
humans

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Sources

Source passages

“Vodun involves animal sacrifices to both ancestors and other spirits, a practice called vɔ in Fon.”

#58 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“The ancestors did not die but were seen to have "disappeared" and become orishas.”

#95 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Egungun embodies the spirits of the ancestors”

#133 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Along with ancestors and gods, spirits are part of the family of Hawaiians.”

#243 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“the natives have never deviated from the traditions of their ancestors.”

#435 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6