When Damballah is invoked and possesses humans, he doesn’t speak or move in humanlike ways. Although Damballah is an important aspect of the world, and welcome presence in everyone's life, he takes special care of cripples, albinos and young children.Ī different veve for Damballah created by Carl Pierre, it can be ordered at the link. He is offered loves chickens and eggs, corn syrup, white flowers, and silver.
If devotees intend to invoke other Loas during the ritual they are to postpone smoking and drinking until Damballah has left the ritual.ĭuring his feast on March 17, devotees wear white and green, jump over streams and swim in ponds and lakes. Alcohol and smoking which are ever present and welcome during rituals for other loa are prohibited during his rituals, as he neither smokes nor drinks. It is important to assure all devotees attending the ritual are healthy and clean, for Damballah might refuse to come otherwise. Damballah is always clean and he avoids dirty and sick people. Many temples have a pond inside of them in order to accommodate Damballah. Offerings and ritualsĪlthough Damballah lives in the sky, he can also be found in ponds, lakes, and streams. Because of this role, he is often associated with the ancestors adding another respected role to this widely loved loa. He acts as a uniting force between the past, the present and the future. Damballah’s dominion over intellect and wisdom comes from his connection to the past and the future. Ruler of all intellect, he is one who gives intelligence and wisdom to the people.
#Damballah wedo skin#
Shedding of his skin creates sources of life rain and floods which provide lands with life-water. He lives in the sky and encircles the Earth with his coils consistently shedding his skin. Veve of Damballah and Ayida-Weddo, drawn and vectorized by Chrklĭamballah is a member of Rada nanchon of loa, the guardians of order, morals and principles (you can read more about Rada family in my article about Papa Legba).Īs the source, all motion in life and energy Damballah helps in sustaining the world. Each snake sheds its skin and in a way takes on a new identity with that action. Like snakes, they embody the qualities of growth and positive change. Damballah and Ayida-Wedo are the oldest and wisest among the loa. They were both necessary for creation because Vodou views creation as an act shared between a man and a woman. They are always depicted together, and she has assisted him in the process of creation. His is wife Ayida-Wedo, the Rainbow Serpent.
All life comes from his life-force, as the water was created from his shed serpent skin. Water and rain are associated with life in Vodou, and by creating the waters he gave means for the creation of life.
After he formed the world he shed his serpent skin to create all waters on the Earth. With his coils, he shaped mountains and valleys on the Earth as well as planets and stars in the heavens. He is the primordial life force who created the universe using his seven thousand coils to form the cosmos. Representation of Damballah by the Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite Creation of the world and role in the worldĭamballah is depicted as a serpent. Although Damballah loves Erzulie Freda more, he is intertwined with Ayida and to represent that they have a shared veve. His wife is Ayida-Weddo, the Rainbow Serpent of fertility, wind, fire, and water. Now he helps sustain the world as a source of energy and persistent life force.
He is the snake spirit of all mysteries who assisted Bondye in creating the world. He is the first loa and father to all others. Damballah-Weddo the Sky Father is the most powerful loa in Haitian Vodou.
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