Bondye
deity sky Vodou corroborated · 4
The transcendent creator divinity in Haitian Vodou.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Vodou developed among Afro-Haitian communities amid the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th to 19th centuries through blending of West African traditional religions and Roman Catholic teachings.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Petwo, Rada, Oricha, The Dungarvon Whooper, Headless Nun, Lady in Red, White Lady, Douen, Duppy, Hupia, Jumbee, Phantome, Soucouyant, The Bell Witch, Emily, Oscar Washburn, Joe Bush, Resurrection Mary, Ghost of Queen Esther, Greenbrier Ghost, Kate Morgan, Minnie Quay, Old Book, Azaka, Papa Legba, Ezili Freda, Damballa, Marasa, Lwa
- parent of
- Ezili Freda, Azaka, Papa Legba, Damballa, Marasa
- syncretized with
- God, Christian God
- served by
- Lwa
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (1)
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“In Haitian Vodou, the lwa serve as intermediaries between humanity and Bondye, a transcendent creator divinity.”
#146 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Lwa, a Voodoo spirit who acts as an intermediary between humanity and Bondye”
#4406 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Vodou teaches that one of Bondye's first creations was the sun, the appearance of which was necessary for all other things, including laws and humans, to exist. It holds that Bondye then created humanity in his own image out of clay and water.”
#20544 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5