voodoo worship

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• Voodoo Worship —    Details of this are given under Bocor, Mamaloi, and Paparloi …   Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

• voodoo — /vooh dooh/, n., pl. voodoos, adj., v., voodooed, voodooing. n. 1. Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion …   Universalium

• voodoo — voo•doo [[t]ˈvu du[/t]] n. 1) rel a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion 2) a person who practices this religion 3) a… …   From formal English to slang

• voodoo — /ˈvudu / (say voohdooh) noun (plural voodoos) 1. an animistic religion practised chiefly in certain parts of the Caribbean, involving rituals of sorcery and communication with ancestors, and based on a combination of Roman Catholic ritual… …  

• voodoo — religious witchcraft of Haiti and Southern U.S., ultimately of African origin, 1850, from Louisiana Fr. voudou, from a W.African language (e.g. Ewe and Fon vodu spirit, demon, deity, also Vandoo, supposedly the name of an African deity, from a… …   Etymology dictionary

• voodoo — I. noun (plural voodoos) Etymology: Louisiana Creole voudou, probably from Ewe vódũ tutelary deity Date: 1850 1. (also vodou) a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti 2. a. a person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Voodoo —    A religion originated in Africa and practiced in Haiti, Brazil, Trinidad, Cuba and the southern United States. Voodoo brings together various elements of tribal religions of western Africa and Roman Catholicism. Practitioners worship a high… …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Louisiana Voodoo — New Orleans Voodoo redirects here. For US Arena Football League team, see New Orleans VooDoo. Not to be confused with Hoodoo (folk magic) or Haitian Vodou. Louisiana Voodoo, also known as New Orleans Voodoo, describes a set of underground… …   Wikipedia

• New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple — The New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple was established in New Orleans, Louisiana in May 1990 by Priest Oswan Chamani and Priestess Miriam Chamani. Over the years the Temple has grown in its knowledge of Voodoo in relation with World Religions,… …   Wikipedia

• Fetishism — • The word fetish is derived through the Portuguese feitiço from the Latin factitius (facere, to do, or to make), signifying made by art, artificial (cf. Old English fetys in Chaucer) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fetishism      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• West African Vodun — Vodun or Vudun (pronounced|vodṹ that is, with a nasal u on a high tone) (so spelled in the Fon language of Benin and Nigeria and the Ewe language of Togo and Ghana; also spelled Vodon, Vodoun, Voudou, etc. ) is a traditional monotheistic… …   Wikipedia