Voodoo

Vodun, also known as Voodoo, is a polytheistic West African religion. Vodun is actually the word for spirit in the African Gbe Language. Vodun concentrates on the worship of the elments and otherwise devine spirits that reign over the earth. There is a central Creator, who has a twins, which are believed to be the Sun and the Moon. The rest of the spirits or vudon are dieties that range in power for elemtents that have a dilay impact on human life, such as rivers, oceans, storms etc. It is along the same veign as other polytheistic relgions, such as those of the ancient egyptians and greeks. where it differs however, is that there are many offshoots of Vodun, such as Haitian Voodo and Lousiana Voodoo, where traditional Vodun carried over by slaves is modified and incorporates Catholic Christian themes into tradtional Vudon ceremony and practice. Vodun also utlizes fetishim, that is attaching spiritual qualities to inanimate objects such as icons or dried and mumified remains of animals.