Vodun

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Vodun is a traditional West African religion centered on the worship of spirits and ancestors, particularly prominent in Benin and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African religion ⓘ
ethnic religion ⓘ
spirit-centered religion ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Ewe people ⓘ
linked to: Ewe

Fon people ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ
coreBelief existence of a supreme creator ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
worship of spirits ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Vodoun ⓘ
Vodu ⓘ
Voduŋ ⓘ
hasClergy priestesses ⓘ
priests ⓘ
hasClergyTitle bokonon ⓘ
hounon ⓘ
hasConcept ancestor spirits ⓘ
nature spirits ⓘ
personal spirits ⓘ
spirit possession trance ⓘ
hasDeityType ancestors ⓘ
spirits ⓘ
supreme being ⓘ
hasOrigin Benin ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
hasSacredDay 10 January ⓘ
hasSacredDayDescription celebrated as National Vodun Day in Benin ⓘ
hasSupremeBeingName Mawu ⓘ
Mawu-Lisa ⓘ
hasTextualTradition primarily oral tradition ⓘ
influenced Brazilian Candomblé ⓘ
linked to: Candomblé

Brazilian Umbanda ⓘ
Cuban Vodú ⓘ
Haitian Vodou ⓘ
Louisiana Voodoo ⓘ
practicedIn Benin ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Ivory Coast ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Nigeria ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
recognizedBy Republic of Benin government ⓘ
usesRitual animal sacrifice ⓘ
dance ceremonies ⓘ
divination ⓘ
drumming ceremonies ⓘ
spirit possession ⓘ
usesRitualObject altars ⓘ
fetishes ⓘ
shrines ⓘ
worldviewFeature interconnectedness of visible and invisible worlds ⓘ
reciprocal relationship between humans and spirits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benin → religionMajority → Vodun ⓘ
Ouidah → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Abomey → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Dogon → cosmologyFeature → Nommo ancestral spirits ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Egun → religion → Vodun ⓘ
King Béhanzin → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Whydah → religiousTradition → Vodun ⓘ
Dahomey Amazons → religion → Vodun (Voodoo) ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
King Glele → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Gen people → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Gen people → traditionalReligion → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Gun people → religion → Vodun ⓘ
New Orleans Voodoo → isDistinctFrom → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Hogbonu → hasReligion → Vodun ⓘ
Mawu → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Mawu → religion → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Mawu-Lisa → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Mawu-Lisa → worshipTradition → Fon Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Mawu-Lisa → worshipTradition → Ewe Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
hounon → religion → Vodun ⓘ
hounon → associatedWith → Vodun spirits ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Louisiana Voodoo → hasCulturalOrigin → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Louisiana Voodoo → associatedWithReligion → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Aja → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Aja → ethnicReligionInfluence → Fon Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Aja → ethnicReligionInfluence → Ewe Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Houegbadja → religion → Vodun (traditional religion) ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Behanzin → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Cuban Vodú → influencedBy → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Agaja → religion → Vodun (traditional Fon religion) ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Python Temple → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Python Temple → religion → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Sacred Forest of Kpassè → hasCulturalSignificance → Vodun practitioners ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Sacred Forest of Kpassè → associatedWith → Ouidah Vodun traditions ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Sacred Forest of Kpassè → associatedWith → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Aného → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Mina people → religion → Vodun ⓘ
Mina people → traditionalReligion → West African Vodun ⓘ
linked to: Vodun
Nana Buruku → veneratedIn → Vodun ⓘ
subject linked to: Nana Buruku (Nàná Bùrùkú)