Table 1: Major Lwa yo in Haitian Vodou and their concepts.
Lwa (Loas) | Concept |
1. Legba | Key to the spiritual world - Communication |
2. Dambalah Wedo (Snake): The father of all Loas. The sun. | Animus - Masculinity - Paternal love and Medicine |
3. Azaka Mede | Agriculture - Hard working |
4. Kouzen Zaka (Brother of Azaka) (Peasant) | Agriculture - Peasant life - |
5. Ayida Wèdo (femal counterpart of Dambalah): The moon. | Rainbow - Anima - Femineity |
6. Erzilie Dantò | Maternal love - Mistrust - Androgyny - Lesbianism |
7. Erzili Freda Dahome (rival of Dantor) | Love - Polygamy - Ideal dreams - Hope and aspiration |
8. Ogou Feray | Political Warrior |
9. Ogou Badagri | Scholar lwa. Prophesy. |
10. Baron | Death |
11. Gede (Offsprings of Baron Samdi and Grande Brigitte) | Spirits of the ancestors - The crossing from life to death. |
12. Kalfou (Gede Mercure, the bad side of Legba) | Bad and good principle.Misfortune - Destruction - Injustice |
13. Simbi | Water and cure for supernatural illness |
14. Marassa (Twins) | Fertility - Androgyny - Jealousy - Capricious - Powerful healers. |