Voodoo / Santeria Inquiry

[Tehiru]

Does anyone here have a good practical knowledge of the Gede from the
Voodoo (and to a lesser extent) other traditions? I know they are the
spirits of the dead, and by and large and not invoked individually but
rather en masse. I was hoping someone here could provide some
background.

[Alrah]

http://www.gede.org/lwas/gede.html
http://www.ezilikonnen.com/the_lwa/gede.html

They seem to have a feast day on Nov 2nd. Probably related to 'All
Hallows Eve", or that type of idea, except the celts only got worried
about the spirits of the dead returning once a year, and those they
had eaten in battle specifically.

You might find the video on the second link useful. Otherwise - it's
not an area that I've looked into Tehiru. It seems particularly
inaccesible from this side of the water.

I'd be interested if you would share what you find out from your
studies though.

[Searles O'Dubhain]

The spirits of the dead are sometimes invited to attend rituals
through a masquerade:

http://www.jstor.org/pss/20167662
http://tinyurl.com/Spirits-Incarnate
http://farshores.org/nsacrifi.htm

Voodoo is a unique combination of African (mainly Igbo) JuJu types of
religions and Irish Pagan religions that were combined when both sets
of people were enslaved together in the Islands of the Caribbean
during the 17th century. Some say that JuJu and Voodoo are not related
but being from the American South and having discussed this matter
with the son of an Igbo chief, I doubt it. I was struck by the
similarities betweenthe two religions and the ways they had meshed
together, as well as incorporating Christian deities into their
workings.

http://www.squidoo.com/tags/cemetary

http://www.wstravelimages.com/gallery_53445.html

http://www.haitianmedia.com/index.php/81

http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-greater-igbo-nation-by-ishaq-d-al-sulaimani/

http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-irish-slave-trade-forgotten-white-slaves/

http://www.naijaryders.com/forums/179526-remembering-long-juju-arochukwu.html?t-179526.html=

Searles O'Dubhain

[Miguel Alberto]

The Orishas of Santaria and Ju Ju were philosophers in the golden
age of Ile Ifa. Like, for example, Baba Louai said, "The society that
allows homelessness will be destroyed by the plagues incubated by the
homeless".
The Orishas were set into the universal pantheon, well mapped out
by astrology. Santaria's Esu Elegua, Voodoo's Legba, like the Sumerian
Jupiter (king of the gods), translated Marduk, but actually, Marad
(rebel) ak (great), is the "great rebel" Lucifer, and all the other gods
are the fallen angels.