Geledecostumed figures representing spiritual witches summoned by the deity Yemonja to deliver village gossip in annual gelede ritual. (GEL-eh-DAY, hard G sound.)
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Gris-grispopular term used in Louisiana and New Orleans for a small bag, usually of red cloth, filled with herbs or secret ingredients and used as a talisman for luck.
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Hoodooold Southern term for folk hexing and spell-casting; sometimes used interchangeably with "voodoo," from which it probably derives, or from "ju-ju", a term for African magic.
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HounganHaitian male vodoun priest.
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Ibejitwin orisha, male and female, representing concept of duality. Syncretized with St. Damian.
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Ikinpalm nuts used for casting in the most authoritative form of Ifa divination ritual.
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Ifaor Orunmila, the orisha controlling fate; also the name of the Yoruba system of divination. Orula in santeria. Syncretized with Christ and with the sun.
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IreYoruba term for a positive sign to a reading.
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Itáceremonial life reading given during santeria voudou initiation.
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Italeroa santeria priest specializing in giving the itá.
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Imalean alternate Yoruba term for the orisha.
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Iyalorishaa female priest; mother (iya) of the spirit (orisha).
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LoaHaitian vodoun term for spirit. Also lwa.
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Lukumíor lucumí; Cuban usage, the Yoruba people. From the Yoruba word olukumí, meaning "friend."
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M'amboHaitian female vodoun priest.
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