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Adjassou-Linguetor - Haitian loa (goddess) of spring water.

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

Aido Quedo

Asagwe - Haitian voodoo dancing used to honor the gods.

Avalou - Haitian voodoo dance which means supplication.

Ayida-Weddo - Haitian goddess, where she is also known as Rainbow Snake . She is married to Damballa .

Ayizan - Haitian goddess of the marketplace.

Azaka-Tonnerre - Haitian god of thunder, agriculture and farmers.

Bacalou - Haitian voodoo evil spirit depicted by the skull and crossbones.

Badessy - Haitian god of the sky.

Baron Samedi

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.

Coco Macaque - Haitian voodoo implement. It is a stick, which is supposed to be able to walk on its own. The owner of a coco macaque can send it on errands. If it is used to hit an enemy, the enemy will die before the dawn.

Conga - Haitian voodoo deity.

Congo - Haitian voodoo deity.

Damballa

Dan Petro - Haitian god of farmers.

Dan Wédo - Haitian loa of the king of France .

Diable Tonnere - Haitian god of thunder.

Diejuste - Haitian voodoo deity.

Dinclinsin - Haitian voodoo deity feared for his severity.

Eleggua

Erzulie - Haitian voodoo goddess of beauty, dancing, flowers, jewels, love and luxury. Married to Damballa , Agwe and Ogoun . She is depicted as a water snake.

Gangan - Haitian voodoo shaman.

Ghede

Gran Maître - Haitian creator.

Grand Bois - Haitian loa of creation.

Guinee - Haitian afterlife. It is also where life began and the home of their gods.

Hungan - Haitian priests. They lead the peoples in dancing, drumming and singing to invoke the loa.

Kalfu - Haitian god of the night, symbolized by the Moon . Thought to be very dangerous.

Lemba - Haitian voodoo 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.

Loa - Haitian god or goddess.

Loco - Haitian god of trees, plants and healers.

Lutin - The ghost of an unbaptized child in Haitian voodoo tradition.

Mademoiselle Charlotte - Haitian loa who resembles Caucasian women.

Mait' Carrefour - Haitian god of magicians and lord of the crossroads.

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 voodoo tradition.

Maman Brigitte

Mambo - Haitian priestess who, together with the Hungan, leads the voodoo rituals and invokes the loa.

Marassa - The twin gods of Haitian voodoo.

Marassa Jumeaux - The ghosts of dead twins in Haitian voodoo tradition.

Marinette - Haitian loa, violent and powerful.

Mombu - Haitian loa who brings storms.

Mounanchou - Haitian voodoo deity.

Nago Shango - Haitian voodoo deity.

Obatala

Ogoun - Haitian voodoo god of fire, iron, politics, thunder and war.

Oloddumare

Oshun

Oya

Papa Legba

Petro

Pie - Haitian god of floods.

Simbi - Haitian water snake loa, which is one of the three voodoo 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 .

Ville Au Camp - The underwater capital of the loa.

Voodoo

Voudoun

Yemalla

Zombie