Vodun (in linguis Ewe et Fon 'spiritus'; IPA vodṹ^[1]) est religio Africana cuius assectatores plerumque sunt gens Ewe in Gana orientali et australi Togoque australi et medio, ac gentes Kabye (quae lingua Gen utuntur) et Fon in Togo australi et medio Beninoque australi et medio. Quam etiam profitentur nonnulli homines Gun Lacupolis et Ogun Nigeriae meridioccidentalis. Omnes gentes dictae ad ethnicas Africae Occidentalis greges pertinent ubi homines praeter Kabye linguis Gbe utuntur.

A variis religionibus Africanis a posterioribus traditis in interioribus harum civitatum regionibus differt, et principalis fons est religionis cui sunt nomina similia inter diasporam Africanam in America, sicut Vodou Haitianum, Vudú Dominicanum, Vodú Cubanum, Vodum Brazilianum, et Voodoo Ludovicianum.

Demographica

Circa 17 centesimae e 1.6 fere millionibus civium Benini Vodun profitentur, aliis religionibus traditionalibus in Benino exclusis. Praeterea, multi e 41.5 centesimis qui se appellant Christianos religionem a syncretismo affectam exercent, ut in Vodou Haitiano et Candomblé Brasiliano; maiores quidem multorum ex eis erant liberti Brasilienses qui in litore prope Ouidah consederunt.^[2]

Nexus interni

• Ars vodunensis
• Dahomia
• Grisgris
• Hoodoo
• Religio Akana
• Religio Yorubana
• Veve
• Zombi

Notae

Bibliographia

• Ajayi, J. F., et I. Espie. 1967. Thousand Years of West African History. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.
• Akyea, O. E. 1988. Ewe. Novi Eboraci: The Rosen Group.
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• Barreiro, Daniel, et Diego Garcia. 2014. Nuit: una vision de la continuidad ancestral. Montis Videi.
• Bastide. R. 1971. African Civilizations in the New World. Novi Eboraci: Harper Torchbooks.
• Chesi, Gert. 1979. Voodoo: Africa's secret power, conv. Ernst Klambauer. Cape Town: C. Struik. ISBN 0869771302
• Decalo, Samuel. 1976. Historical Dictionary of Dahomey. Metuchen Novae Caesareae: Scarecrow Press.
• Deren, Maya. 1953. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. Londinii: Thames and Hudson.
• Ellis, A. B. 1965. Ewe-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa. Sicagi: Benin Press.
• Fontenot, Wonda. L. 1994. Secret Doctors: Enthnomedicine of African Americans. Westport: Bergin & Garvey.
• Hazoum‚ P. 1990. Doguicimi: The First Dahomean Novel. Vasingtoniae: Three Continents Press.
• Herskovits, Melville J., et F. S. Hersovits. 1933. An Outline of Dahomean Religious Belief. Visconsinia: The American Anthropological Association.
• Herskovits, Melville J., et F. S. Hersovits. Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom. Evanstoniae Illinoesiae: Northwestern University Press.
• Hindrew, Vivian. Mami Wata: African's Ancient God/dess Unveiled: Reclaiming the Ancient Vodoun heritage of the Diaspora. Martinez Georgiae: MWHS.
• Hindrew, Vivian. Vodoun: Why African-Americans Fear Their Cosmogentic Paths to God. Martinez Georgiae: MWHS.
• Hurston, Zora Neale. 1990. Tell My Horse: Voodoo And Life In Haiti And Jamaica. Harper Perennial reprint edition.
• Hyatt M. H. 1973. Hoodoo-Conjuration-Witchcraft-Rootwork. 4 vol. Illinoesia: Alama Egan Hyatt Foundation.

• Maupoil, Bernard. 1943. La Geomancie à l'ancienne Côte des Esclaves. Lutetiae: L'université de Paris.
• Metraux, Alfred. 1989. Voodoo In Haiti. Pantheon reprint edition.
• Newbell, Pucket N. 1922. Folk Beliefs of the Southern Negro. Chapel Hill Carolinae Meridianae.
• Newell, William W. 1888. Reports of Voodoo Worship in Hayti and Louisiana. Journal of American Folk-lore 41-47.
• Pliya, J. 1970. Histoire Dahomey Afrique Occidental. Moulineaux Franciae.

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Vodun spectant.

• Traditional Religion in Africa:The Vodun Phenomenon in Benin
• Vodou-related Rara festivals in Haiti and New York
• Voodoo and West Africa's Spiritual Life
• Vodun in Africa