Haitian Mythology - Pantheon

Pantheon

• Adjassou-Linguetor - Haitian loa in the form of spring water (goddess) .
• Adjinakou - Haitian loa in the form of an elephant.
• Adya Houn'tò - Haitian loa of the drums
• Agassou - Haitian loa which guards the Dahomean traditions.
• Agwe - loa of fish and aquatic plants.
• Aido Quedo - loa of fertility and snakes.
• Ayida-Weddo - Haitian goddess, where she is also known as Rainbow Snake. She is married to Damballa.
• Ayizan - Haitian goddess of the marketplace.
• Azaka Medeh - loa of harvest.
• Azaka-Tonnerre - Haitian god of thunder, agriculture and farmers.
• Bacalou - Haitian vodou evil spirit depicted by the skull and crossbones.
• Badessy - Haitian god of the sky.
• Baron La Croix - loa of the dead and sexuality.
• Baron Samedi - loa of the dead.
• Boli Shah - Haitian family loa.
• Bossou Ashadeh - Haitian loa, king of Dahomey.
• Boum'ba Maza - Haitian family loa.
• Bugid Y Aiba - Haitian (and Puerto Rican) god of war.
• Captain Debas - Haitian family loa.
• Clermeil - Haitian god of flowing waters.
• Conga - Haitian vodou deity.
• Congo - Haitian vodou deity.
• Damballa - father of the loa and humankind.
• Dan Petro - Haitian god of farmers.
• Dan Wédo - Haitian loa of the king of France.
• Diable Tonnere - Haitian god of thunder.
• Diejuste - Haitian vodou deity.
• Dinclinsin - Haitian vodou deity feared for his severity.
• Eleggua or Eshu - Child trickster deity.
• Erzulie Dantor - Haitian vodou goddess of wealth, vengeance, and protection. She is syncretised with Our Lady of Czestochowa.
• Erzulie Freda Dahomey - Haitian vodou goddess of beauty, dancing, flowers, jewels, love and luxury. Married to Damballa, Agwe and Ogoun. She is syncretised with Mater Dolorosa. Also called Mami Wata in African mythology.
• Gran Ibo - Haitian goddess of wisdom and patience.
• Gran Maître - Haitian creator god.
• Grand Bois - Haitian loa of creation.
• Kalfu - Haitian god of the night, symbolized by the moon. Thought to be very dangerous.
• Lemba - Haitian vodou deity.
• Limba - Haitian loa believed to live among rocks. Thought to have insatiable hunger and eats people, even his own followers.
• L'inglesou - Haitian loa which lives among rocks and in ravines.
• Loco - Haitian god of trees, plants and healers.
• Lutin - The ghost of an unbaptized child in Haitian vodou tradition.
• Mademoiselle Charlotte - Haitian loa who resembles Caucasian women.
• Mait' Carrefour - Haitian god of magicians and lord of the crossroads, also called Kalfu.
• Maîtresse Délai - Haitian loa who is a patron of the hountor or tambourine player.
• Maîtresse Hounon'gon - Haitian loa which chants the canzo or ordeal by fire in vodou tradition.
• Maman Brigitte - Vodou death loa.
• Marassa - The twin gods of Haitian vodou.
• Marassa Jumeaux - The ghosts of dead twins in Haitian vodou tradition.
• Marinette - Haitian loa, violent and powerful.
• Mambo - Haitian loa who brings storms.
• Mounanchou - Haitian vodou deity.
• Nago Shango- Haitian vodou deity.
• Obatala - yoruba creator god.
• Ogoun - Haitian vodou god of fire, iron, politics, thunder and war.
• Oshun - yoruba goddess of love, also Erzulie Freda (in Vodou).
• Oya - yoruba warrior goddess.
• Papa Legba - intermediary between the loa and humanity.
• Pie - Haitian god of floods, soldier loa.
• Simbi - Haitian water snake loa, which is one of the three vodou cosmic serpents.
• Sobo - Haitian god of thunder.
• Sousson-Pannan - Haitian loa thought to be evil and ugly, with a body covered in sores.
• Ti Jean Quinto - A mean Haitian spirit which lives under bridges and assumes the form of a policeman.
• Ti Malice - Haitian trickster loa.
• Ti-Jean Petro - Haitian snake deity and the son of Dan Petro.
• Yemalla - Yoruba mother goddess, also called LaSiren, Mami Wata