Click the image above to visit the site Known as Vye Legba (Old Legba), Legba Atibon and Papa Legba, he is the beloved opener of the way between this world, and the world of the Lwa.
He is the lwa who opens the doorway between the spiritual and material worlds, and permits communication between human beings and the lwa.
In Vodou, Papa Legba is usually envisioned as an old, old man, so old that he is bent over (however, the Lucumi religion commonly known as “santeria” describe Elegba as a young man).
Sometimes he is said to have a broken leg. He is also called “Legba Do Miwa”, Legba on the Back of the Mirror, and mirror symbology is important with Legba. Legba carries a stick, and a straw bag called a djakout.
Offerings: Tobaco pipe or 3 cigars, 3 pennies, grilled or smoked chicken, goat, sweet potatoes, white yams, bananas, any fresh fruit, black coffee (strong with no sugar).
I’m obviously “white” yet I am a Voudou (a religion brought to Haiti and New Orleans through the horrible African slave-trade era) priestess (a Mambo) for the past 12 years.
Religion is neither white nor black, but this particular religion venerates the ancestors and spirits of Africa. If you are a racist, this is NOT for… Read more…
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