{"id":195097,"date":"2026-09-07T09:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=195097"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:41:15","slug":"damballa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/gl\/damballa\/","title":{"rendered":"Damballa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"195097\" class=\"elementor elementor-195097 elementor-3057 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b44657 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b44657\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8605030 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8605030\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5f8f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c5f8f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7d489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f7d489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Damballa, deus serpente do Vodou<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e02bbf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e02bbf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Damballa \u00e9 o deus serpente do Vodou, venerado como pai orixinario, fonte da vida e <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Unha imaxe expresiva que representa unha idea abstracta.\" tabindex=\"0\">s\u00edmbolo<\/span> da estabilidade. Damballa Wedo (tam\u00e9n Danbala, Dambala) \u00e9 un dos loa m\u00e1is antigos e elevados do Vodou haitiano e pertence \u00e1 familia Rada dos esp\u00edritos ben\u00e9volos.<\/p><p>\u00c9 venerado como creador c\u00f3smico, pai celestial e sabedor\u00eda personificada. A s\u00faa simbolox\u00eda xira arredor da serpe como portadora da enerx\u00eda vital. Damballa \u00e9 venerado xunto \u00e1 s\u00faa esposa Ayida Wedo, a serpe do arco da vella; ambos forman o eixo c\u00f3smico entre o ceo e a auga, entre o movemento e a quietude.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0afd64a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0afd64a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b77168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3b77168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Deus \/ Deusa: Poder supremo personificado no pante\u00f3n dunha cultura, con funci\u00f3ns claras \u2014 forzas da natureza, destino, guerra, fertilidade. Venerado mediante cultos, ofrendas e instituci\u00f3ns templarias.\">Deus<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/gl\/vodou\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Tradici\u00f3n vodou haitiano-oeste africana con seres lwa, que migrou historicamente desde \u00c1frica Occidental ao Caribe.\">Vodou<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d00b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0d00b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1563d64 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1563d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Non se atoparon t\\u00edtulos nesta p\\u00e1xina.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00cdndice\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1563d64\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1563d64\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__1563d64\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dc0f24 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8dc0f24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8291ae0 iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8291ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_vodou_damballa-1-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-196659\" alt=\"Damballa - deuses da tradici\u00f3n Vodou, ilustraci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_vodou_damballa-1-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_vodou_damballa-1-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_vodou_damballa-1-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_vodou_damballa-1.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c799a e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60c799a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb037c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb037c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b47791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b47791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ra\u00edces oeste africanas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b091cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b091cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>O <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conxunto de actos de veneraci\u00f3n relixiosa cara a unha divindade ou figura sagrada.\" tabindex=\"0\">culto<\/span> a Damballa ten as s\u00faas ra\u00edces no vodun oeste africano, sobre todo na tradici\u00f3n dos fon do actual Ben\u00edn, e na relixi\u00f3n dos ewe veci\u00f1os. Al\u00ed, Dangbe \u00e9 considerada a serpe real sagrada da cidade de Ouidah, venerada nun <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un edificio dedicado \u00e1 veneraci\u00f3n dunha ou varias divindades.\" tabindex=\"0\">templo<\/span> propio e considerada manifestaci\u00f3n dunha divindade serpente c\u00f3smica.<\/p><p>Tam\u00e9n entre os yoruba, na veci\u00f1a Nixeria, ven\u00e9rase a divindade serpente Oshunmare, unha serpe do arco da vella que presenta semellanzas estruturais coa esposa de Damballa, Ayida Wedo.<\/p>\n\n<p><span data-nosnippet>Alfred M\u00e9traux discutiu en \u00abLe vaudou ha\u00eftien\u00bb (1958) a cuesti\u00f3n da continuidade sobre en que medida a forma caribe\u00f1a deriva da africana. Conclu\u00edu que a estrutura b\u00e1sica dun culto c\u00f3smico \u00e1 serpe procede con alta probabilidade da tradici\u00f3n fon, pero foi transformada polas condici\u00f3ns caribe\u00f1as e polo contacto con outras tradici\u00f3ns.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Leslie Desmangles mostrou en \u00abThe Faces of the Gods\u00bb (1992) que a transmisi\u00f3n foi acompa\u00f1ada de adaptaci\u00f3ns ao imaxinario cat\u00f3lico, especialmente \u00e1 figura de Mois\u00e9s e aos santos con simbolox\u00eda de serpe.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa7ec6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fa7ec6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d31163 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d31163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funci\u00f3n e natureza<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02dda42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02dda42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Damballa \u00e9 o loa m\u00e1is antigo e consid\u00e9rase directamente vinculado a Bondye, o deus supremo e transcendente do Vodou. A diferenza dos loa m\u00e1is novos, a mi\u00fado de temperamento intenso, Damballa \u00e9 fr\u00edo, lento, digno e mudo.<\/p><p>Cando monta un cabalo crente (o termo para o medio posu\u00eddo por un loa), este queda mudo; en vez de palabras, emite s\u00f3 sons sibilantes ou ning\u00fan son. Esta dignidade silenciosa dist\u00edngueo dos loa m\u00e1is novos e vivaces, como os Gede ou os esp\u00edritos Petwo.<\/p>\n\n<p><span data-nosnippet>Maya Deren describiu en \u00abDivine Horsemen\u00bb (1953) a funci\u00f3n de Damballa como pai c\u00f3smico e garante da orde c\u00f3smica.<\/span><\/p><p>Sinala que a veneraci\u00f3n de Damballa establece a conexi\u00f3n coa capa m\u00e1is antiga do Vodou e que moitos practicantes se dirixen a el antes de calquera gran <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un acto solemne que segue regras fixas.\" tabindex=\"0\">cerimonia<\/span> para asegurar a continuidade coa tradici\u00f3n dos ancestros. Damballa abre as\u00ed o espazo ritual para as invocaci\u00f3ns dos loa que seguen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af86aaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af86aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6554189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6554189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Simbolox\u00eda e atributos<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9dc9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed9dc9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Os s\u00edmbolos centrais de Damballa son a serpe, a tea branca, a auga, o ovo e o arco da vella. A serpe aparece nos \u00abv\u00e8v\u00e8\u00bb, os debuxos rituais no chan trazados para a s\u00faa <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A invocaci\u00f3n suplicante ou conxuratoria dunha divindade ou poder.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocaci\u00f3n<\/span>, en forma estilizada como serpe dobre ou erguida sobre un bast\u00f3n.<\/p><p>Estes debuxos lembran s\u00edmbolos de caduceo e tr\u00e1zanse no chan do templo con fari\u00f1a, caf\u00e9 ou pos.<\/p>\n\n<p>A cor branca marca a s\u00faa pureza e a s\u00faa elevaci\u00f3n. Os seguidores de Damballa vestimenta branca, os <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un edificio dedicado \u00e1 veneraci\u00f3n dunha ou varias divindades.\" tabindex=\"0\">templos<\/span> eng\u00e1lanse con panos brancos, e as ofrendas son ovos (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un signo que representa unha idea ou significado.\" tabindex=\"0\">s\u00edmbolo<\/span> da creaci\u00f3n), arroz e leite.<\/p><p>A auga \u00e9 o seu elemento; moitos <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un edificio dedicado \u00e1 veneraci\u00f3n dunha ou varias divindades.\" tabindex=\"0\">templos<\/span> de Damballa te\u00f1en un punto de auga onde vive a s\u00faa manifestaci\u00f3n en forma de serpe. O arco da vella con\u00e9ctao con Ayida Wedo, cuxo arco se estende sobre a auga.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e048f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06e048f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23de304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23de304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rituais e pr\u00e1ctica de invocaci\u00f3n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61254b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61254b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Os principais rituais dedicados a Damballa te\u00f1en lugar nos hounfor, os templos vodou. O houngan (sacerdote) ou a mambo (sacerdotisa) invoca a Damballa mediante o trazado do seu v\u00e8v\u00e8, con tambores e cantando as s\u00faas canci\u00f3ns.<\/p><p>Os ritmos de tambor son lentos e dignos, claramente distintos dos ritmos r\u00e1pidos para os loa m\u00e1is novos. Cando Damballa chega e monta un seguidor, este arr\u00e1strase polo chan, silba e adopta unha postura semellante \u00e1 dunha serpe.<\/p>\n\n<p><span data-nosnippet>Karen McCarthy Brown describiu en detalle en \u00abMama Lola\u00bb (1991) a pr\u00e1ctica vodou dunha sacerdotisa haitiano-americana en Brooklyn e mostrou como Damballa se integra na pr\u00e1ctica dom\u00e9stica.<\/span><\/p><p>A sacerdotisa mant\u00e9n no seu altar dom\u00e9stico un lugar fixo para el e ofrece <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"D\u00e1diva a unha divindade para expresar gratitude, petici\u00f3n ou veneraci\u00f3n.\" tabindex=\"0\">ofrendas<\/span> con regularidade. A relaci\u00f3n persoal entre practicantes e loa est\u00e1 altamente individualizada no Vodou haitiano; Damballa pode ser o \u00abloa protector\u00bb dunha persoa, o que marca toda a s\u00faa vida.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0197f48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0197f48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e14e04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e14e04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Identificaci\u00f3n sincr\u00e9tica con San Patricio<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6870ec3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6870ec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No sistema sincr\u00e9tico cat\u00f3lico-vodou, Damballa \u00e9 tradicionalmente identificado con San Patricio, o santo irland\u00e9s que a iconograf\u00eda representa a mi\u00fado expulsando serpentes de Irlanda.<\/p><p>Esta identificaci\u00f3n resulta paradoxal a primeira vista, xa que San Patricio expulsa as serpentes mentres que Damballa \u00e9 el mesmo unha serpe. A conexi\u00f3n bas\u00e9ase na presenza iconogr\u00e1fica da serpe e constit\u00fae un exemplo t\u00edpico da apropiaci\u00f3n creativa de imaxes cat\u00f3licas polos practicantes do vodou.<\/p>\n\n<p>Leslie Desmangles describiu nos seus traballos esta forma de <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Fusi\u00f3n de ideas ou divindades procedentes de diferentes tradici\u00f3ns relixiosas.\" tabindex=\"0\">sincretismo<\/span> como \u00abmascaramento\u00bb: durante a \u00e9poca colonial, cando a veneraci\u00f3n de divindades africanas estaba prohibida, os santos cat\u00f3licos serv\u00edan de disfrace externo da verdadeira devoci\u00f3n.<\/p><p>Damballa pod\u00eda ser venerado detr\u00e1s da estatua de San Patricio sen que as autoridades coloniais intervi\u00f1esen. Esta pr\u00e1ctica ti\u00f1a unha motivaci\u00f3n pragm\u00e1tica, pero deu lugar a unha dobre identidade duradeira que segue presente hoxe no vodou haitiano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f695d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f695d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf9d55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaf9d55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Damballa e Ayida Wedo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a46f9cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a46f9cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Damballa est\u00e1 casado con Ayida Wedo, a serpe arco da vella. Ambos forman unha polaridade c\u00f3smica: Damballa \u00e9 horizontal, terreal e flu\u00eddo, ligado \u00e1 terra; Ayida Wedo \u00e9 vertical, celeste, e aparece como arco da vella sobre as augas.<\/p><p>Xuntos forman o c\u00edrculo c\u00f3smico completo. Nos v\u00e8v\u00e8 adoitan aparecer ambas serpes entrelazadas, unha imaxe que lembra representaci\u00f3ns alqu\u00edmicas pero que se desenvolveu de forma aut\u00f3noma na tradici\u00f3n africana occidental e caribe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n<p>Joan Dayan salientou en \u00abHaiti, History, and the Gods\u00bb (1995) a dimensi\u00f3n de x\u00e9nero desta polaridade: Damballa e Ayida Wedo forman unha parella divina en igualdade de condici\u00f3ns, que establece a complementariedade dom\u00e9stica e c\u00f3smica como equivalente. Esta complementariedade diferencia o vodou das tradici\u00f3ns centradas no patriarcado e marca profundamente a visi\u00f3n de x\u00e9nero da relixiosidade haitiana.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081ed1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"081ed1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d929ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d929ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Damballa na di\u00e1spora haitiana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf45bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbf45bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Coa di\u00e1spora haitiana, a veneraci\u00f3n a Damballa estendeuse aos Estados Unidos (sobre todo Nova York e Miami), a Canad\u00e1 (Montreal), a Francia e a outros pa\u00edses. En Brooklyn, Nova Orle\u00e1ns e Miami existen comunidades vodou moi consolidadas que mante\u00f1en a s\u00faa pr\u00e1ctica de templo e veneran a Damballa como figura central.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Elizabeth McAlister describiu en \u00abRara!\u00bb (2002) a forma transnacional da relixiosidade haitiana e mostrou como Damballa segue sendo venerado na di\u00e1spora, ao mesmo tempo que adquire novos significados a trav\u00e9s da migraci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Na <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A ciencia que estuda as relixi\u00f3ns de forma comparativa e sen v\u00ednculo de fe.\" tabindex=\"0\">ciencia das relixi\u00f3ns<\/span>, o estudo da di\u00e1spora de Damballa \u00e9 un campo cada vez m\u00e1is relevante. Investigadoras e investigadores como Yvonne Daniel, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith e Claudine Michel mostraron como a pr\u00e1ctica, orixinalmente ligada \u00e1 xeograf\u00eda haitiana, se reorganiza en contextos urbanos das grandes cidades estadounidenses sen perder as s\u00faas ra\u00edces africano-caribe\u00f1as.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5032134 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5032134\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1703a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a1703a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Damballa e a ciencia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9c4f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c9c4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>O estudo cient\u00edfico de Damballa presenta unha serie de desaf\u00edos metodol\u00f3xicos complexos. A tradici\u00f3n \u00e9 fundamentalmente oral, os principais portadores do co\u00f1ecemento son os propios Houngans e Mambos, e as fontes escritas est\u00e1n a mi\u00fado coloridas por unha perspectiva misioneira cat\u00f3lica.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Wade Davis intentou en \u00abThe Serpent and the Rainbow\u00bb (1985) unha aproximaci\u00f3n etnobot\u00e1nica que en parte \u00e9 cientificamente controvertida, pero que en outros aspectos abriu fontes importantes para a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ciencia que estuda a cultura popular, os costumes e as tradici\u00f3ns transmitidas.\" tabindex=\"0\">etnograf\u00eda<\/span> haitiana.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>As obras de referencia centrais seguen sendo \u00abDivine Horsemen\u00bb de Maya Deren e \u00abLe vaudou ha\u00eftien\u00bb de Alfred M\u00e9traux, complementadas polos traballos de Karen McCarthy Brown, Leslie Desmangles, Elizabeth McAlister, Joan Dayan e Claudine Michel.<\/p><p>Xuntas crearon unha imaxe diferenciada de Damballa e do vodou en xeral, que subli\u00f1a a autonom\u00eda criolla da relixi\u00f3n e a defende fronte a representaci\u00f3ns exotizantes e demonizadoras. Damballa aparece nesta investigaci\u00f3n como unha figura teol\u00f3xica complexa que non se pode encaixar nas categor\u00edas occidentais de \u00abdeus\u00bb ou \u00ab<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un ser incorp\u00f3reo ao que se lle atrib\u00fae acci\u00f3n no mundo.\" tabindex=\"0\">esp\u00edrito<\/span>\u00bb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-676a916 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"676a916\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27f0e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d27f0e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Posici\u00f3n na familia Rada<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd39d3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd39d3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Damballa \u00e9 no vodou haitiano o primeiro entre os Loa Rada, a m\u00e1is antiga e fr\u00eda das d\u00faas familias de Loa. A familia Rada (\u00abrite Rada\u00bb) abarca os Loa cuxos nomes e ritos derivan do vodun da \u00c1frica occidental, sobre todo da tradici\u00f3n de Dahomey.<\/p><p>\u00c1 familia Rada pertencen, ademais de Damballa e Ayida Wedo, entre outros Legba (o porteiro), Loko (o curandeiro), Ayizan, Erzulie Freda, Agwe (o Loa do mar), Sobo e Bade.<\/p><p>Fronte a ela est\u00e1 a familia Petwo (\u00abrite Petwo\u00bb), que xurdiu na propia Hait\u00ed a partir da criolizaci\u00f3n de elementos congoleses, ta\u00ednos ind\u00edxenas e africanos, e que se caracteriza por ritos m\u00e1is intensos e r\u00e1pidos e por unha maior agresividade.<\/p>\n<p>Damballa, como o m\u00e1is vello, abre a maior\u00eda das cerimonias Rada. O Houngan ou a Mambo sa\u00fadalo despois de Legba, que abre as portas espirituais, e antes dos demais Loa Rada. Esta posici\u00f3n lit\u00farxica reflicte o seu rango cosmol\u00f3xico.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Alfred M\u00e9traux documentou en 1948 en Marbial a secuencia \u00abLegba, Loko, Ayizan, Damballa\u00bb, que era obrigatoria en moitos Hounfor. Os esp\u00edritos Petwo son invocados nunha segunda parte da noite, a mi\u00fado despois dunha pausa ritual e dun cambio de tambores, do conxunto de tambores Rada (\u00abtanbou Rada\u00bb) ao conxunto de tambores Petwo.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f4c04a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f4c04a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dec3ffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dec3ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dahomey, Dangbe e os cami\u00f1os da serpe<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaa0006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaa0006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A prehistoria oesteafricana de Damballa p\u00f3dese relacionar de forma m\u00e1is precisa coa relixi\u00f3n da corte do Reino de Dahomey (actual sur de Ben\u00edn). Al\u00ed vener\u00e1base a pit\u00f3n sagrada Dangbe, cuxo <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un edificio destinado \u00e1 veneraci\u00f3n dunha ou varias divindades.\" tabindex=\"0\">templo<\/span> se atopaba en Ouidah desde o s\u00e9culo XVII, en estreita proximidade cos portos atl\u00e1nticos de escravos.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Melville Herskovits documentou en \u00abDahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom\u00bb (1938) a relixi\u00f3n da corte cos seus templos de serpes e mostrou que Dangbe formaba parte dun pante\u00f3n vodun de m\u00faltiples capas. Consider\u00e1base que a serpe era mensaxeira e manifestaci\u00f3n dunha divindade dobre complementaria, Mawu-Lisa, o par divino c\u00f3smico de Dahomey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-nosnippet>Suzanne Preston Blier estableceu en \u00abAfrican Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power\u00bb (Chicago, 1995) a conexi\u00f3n hist\u00f3rico-art\u00edstica entre as figuras \u00abbocio\u00bb dahomeianas e os v\u00e8v\u00e8 haitianos.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Robin Law examinou en \u00abOuidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving Port\u00bb (Athens, OH, 2004) o mecanismo hist\u00f3rico polo cal as pr\u00e1cticas relixiosas de Ouidah chegaron, a trav\u00e9s dos portos atl\u00e1nticos, a Saint-Domingue.<\/span><\/p><p>O propio nome Damballa \u00e9 unha forma criollizada da palabra fon \u00abDan\u00bb (serpe) cunha ampliaci\u00f3n que na pronuncia haitiana admite varias variantes: Damballa, Danbala, Dambala. O ep\u00edteto \u00abWedo\u00bb procede de \u00abOuidah\u00bb, o lugar de orixe oesteafricano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8cfed5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8cfed5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e623914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e623914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lave-t\u00e8t e a pr\u00e1ctica de iniciaci\u00f3n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5369032 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5369032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A transmisi\u00f3n de Damballa a un practicante ten lugar xeralmente no marco dunha <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Tr\u00e1nsito ritual polo cal algu\u00e9n \u00e9 admitido nun novo estatus ou nunha comunidade.\" tabindex=\"0\">iniciaci\u00f3n<\/span>, sobre todo na <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Un acto solemne que se desenvolve seguindo regras fixas.\" tabindex=\"0\">cerimonia<\/span> do \u00ablave-t\u00e8t\u00bb (\u00ablavado da cabeza\u00bb) e da posterior <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Tr\u00e1nsito ritual polo cal algu\u00e9n \u00e9 admitido nun novo estatus ou nunha comunidade.\" tabindex=\"0\">iniciaci\u00f3n<\/span> \u00abkanzo\u00bb. Nesta determ\u00ednase que loa \u00abcarga\u00bb a cabeza do iniciado, \u00e9 dicir, cal loa act\u00faa como loa protector persoal (\u00abmet-t\u00e8t\u00bb).<\/p><p>Unha \u00abfilla de Damballa\u00bb ou un \u00abfillo de Damballa\u00bb asume as\u00ed obrigas rituais de por vida: vestimenta branca en determinados d\u00edas da semana, evitar alimentos picantes, ofrendas regulares de ovos e a aprendizaxe das canci\u00f3ns espec\u00edficas de Damballa.<\/p>\n<p><span data-nosnippet>Karen McCarthy Brown desenvolveu en \u00abMama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn\u00bb (Berkeley, 1991, ampliada en varias ocasi\u00f3ns) esta cadea de iniciaci\u00f3n nun caso concreto e mostrou como a relaci\u00f3n con Damballa se transmite ao longo de xeraci\u00f3ns.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Patrick Bellegarde-Smith e Claudine Michel analizaron en \u00abHaitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality\u00bb (Bloomington, 2006) a profundidade teol\u00f3xica desta vinculaci\u00f3n persoal co loa. Subli\u00f1an que a relaci\u00f3n \u00abmet-t\u00e8t\u00bb na relixiosidade haitiana marca a conduta coti\u00e1 das persoas, non s\u00f3 os puntos culminantes rituais.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a32010 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a32010\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ee1e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8ee1e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reco\u00f1ecemento legal e di\u00e1spora<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07066e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07066e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-nosnippet>Durante moito tempo o Vodou en Hait\u00ed foi perseguido legalmente. O Code Noir de 1685 prohib\u00eda a pr\u00e1ctica relixiosa africana. Tras a independencia de 1804 as persecuci\u00f3ns continuaron con diferentes xustificaci\u00f3ns pol\u00edticas: as \u00abcampagnes anti-superstitieuses\u00bb anticlericais de 1864, 1896 e, de forma especialmente agresiva, en 1941 baixo o goberno de Lescot en colaboraci\u00f3n coa Igrexa cat\u00f3lica.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>S\u00f3 a Constituci\u00f3n de 1987 reco\u00f1eceu de forma plena a liberdade relixiosa, e o 4 de abril de 2003 o presidente Jean-Bertrand Aristide promulgou un decreto que reco\u00f1ece o Vodou como relixi\u00f3n oficial de Hait\u00ed e concede aos seus sacerdotes dereitos civ\u00eds, entre eles o reco\u00f1ecemento estatal de matrimonios e enterros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-nosnippet>Kate Ramsey reconstru\u00edu de forma exhaustiva esta evoluci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rico-xur\u00eddica en \u00abThe Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti\u00bb (Chicago, 2011). Na di\u00e1spora, sobre todo en Nova York, Miami e Montreal, produciuse unha diferenciaci\u00f3n institucional: asociaci\u00f3ns como \u00abKOSANBA\u00bb (Congress of Santa Barbara) asumen a representaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica e relixiosa do Vodou.<\/span><\/p><p>Damballa segue sendo nesta forma institucional moderna un loa central, cuxa veneraci\u00f3n contin\u00faa tam\u00e9n en templos de fala inglesa de Nova York e Miami, a\u00ednda que con adaptaci\u00f3ns ao contexto urbano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67bd418 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67bd418\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6f509 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b6f509\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fontes e bibliograf\u00eda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b906e9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b906e9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\"><p>Bibliograf\u00eda secundaria:<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Alfred M\u00e9traux, \u00abLe vaudou ha\u00eftien\u00bb (Par\u00eds, 1958, en alem\u00e1n \u00abVoodoo in Haiti\u00bb, Stuttgart, 1959).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Maya Deren, \u00abDivine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti\u00bb (Nova York, 1953).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Karen McCarthy Brown, \u00abMama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn\u00bb (Berkeley, 1991, edici\u00f3n ampliada 2010).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Leslie G. Desmangles, \u00abThe Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti\u00bb (Chapel Hill, 1992).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>La\u00ebnnec Hurbon, \u00abLe barbare imaginaire\u00bb (Par\u00eds, 1988) e \u00abDieu dans le vaudou ha\u00eftien\u00bb (Par\u00eds, 1972).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Elizabeth McAlister, \u00abRara! Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora\u00bb (Berkeley, 2002).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Kate Ramsey, \u00abThe Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti\u00bb (Chicago, 2011).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-nosnippet>Sobre \u00c1frica occidental: Melville J. Herskovits, \u00abDahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom\u00bb (Nova York, 1938); Suzanne Preston Blier, \u00abAfrican Vodun: Art, Psychology, and Power\u00bb (Chicago, 1995); Robin Law, \u00abOuidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving Port 1727-1892\u00bb (Athens, OH, 2004).<\/span><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Fontes hist\u00f3ricas: M\u00e9d\u00e9ric-Louis-\u00c9lie Moreau de Saint-M\u00e9ry, \u00abDescription topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie fran\u00e7aise de l&#8217;isle Saint-Domingue\u00bb (Filadelfia, 1797).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>M\u00e1is obras de referencia na <a 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