Petro (Voodoo)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As Petro (also petrochemical or Petwo ) the body is ( kreol. Nachon ) the destructive and warlike Loa (spirit) in the Voodoo referred. Bizango is a particularly radical form of worshiping this loa. They are worshiped in temples called Hounfours .

The Petro cult is more recent than the Rada and Ghede cult , which refer to the benevolent Loa and those of the realm of the dead. It originated during the colonial era among slaves in the Caribbean and is associated with black magic , but also with the liberation of African slaves , and is seen as one of several causes of the Haitian Revolution .

A voodoo priest who calls the petro-loa is known as a bocor . A priestess is called Mambo regardless of the type of loa called . In the pilgrimage site of Plèn dinò , several petro-loa, especially Ogoun, are commemorated every year.

Petro's single loa

The Veve (symbol) of the Petro-Loa Ogoun

Typical representatives of the Petro-Loa include Kalfu , Marinette , Ogoun , Krabinay and Ti-Jean-Petro . Some loa that have both benevolent and destructive aspects belong to the Rada and the Petro-Nachon at the same time. This applies to the spirit beings Agwe , Erzulie and Simbi Andezo , among others .

In African voodoo, two groups of loa existed, called Congo (like Congo Savanne ) and Ibo (like Ibo Lele ), which were similar to the Petro-Loa. In Haiti they are considered groups of downright cruel loa within the Petro-Nachon.

Petro in the film

In Wes Craven's horror film The Serpent in the Rainbow from 1988, Zakes Mokae played a black magician serving the hostile loa and Tonton Macoute named Dargent Peytraud ; the family name is a homophone of the term Petro .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c January Chat country Descriptions of Various Loa of voodoo , Section Petro . Webster University , Spring 1990
  2. ^ Harris South: Vodou . Virginia Commonwealth University (undated)
  3. ↑ Emmanuel Felix: Understanding Haitian Voodoo . P. 191 at Google Books . ISBN 978-1607914877
  4. ↑ James Henderson: Haiti: Deliverance from evil . The Daily Telegraph , June 10, 2003, accessed January 10, 2015
  5. ^ Bob Corbett: Introduction to Voodoo in Haiti . Webster University , March 1988