Vodoun/ voodoo
Voodoo is a fusion of magical religious practices from Africa that takes on different characteristics and emphases when practiced in various locations. It is a blend of African animism, spiritism, and indigenous religion, and in some circumstances contains elements of shamanism, and witchcraft.
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In Vodou, and especially in Haiti, Ayizan is the loa of the marketplace and commerce. Associated with Vodoun rites of initiation (called kanzo). Just as her husband Loco is the archetypal Houngan (priest), Ayizan is regarded as the first, or archetypal Mambo (priestess), and as such is also associated with priestly knowledge and mysteries, particularly those of initiation, and the natural world. Syncretised with the Catholic Saint Clare, she drinks no alcohol, and is the wife of Loko Atisou.