Manbo Ayizan Velekete
Haitian Vodou · deity · Haitian Vodou traditional religion; continuing · deity
SHE IS NAMED IN THE SOURCE'S OWN LIST OF RADA LWA - Legba, Loko, Ayizan, Danbala, Ayida Wedo, Freda, Agwe - FOUR OF WHICH THE CORPUS HELD AND TWO OF WHICH IT DID NOT. A seven-name list with two missing is the same shape as lane 27's three-of-which-two and five-of-which-one.
Domains
- priesthood
- initiation
- reglemen
- rada nation
Relations
- spouse: Papa Loko Atisou
- confers the priesthood with: Papa Loko Atisou
- of the kanzo rite with: Gran Bwa
Sources
- Reference treatment of Loko and Ayizan: Papa Loko Atisou and Manbo Ayizan Velekete are the prototypical priest and priestess of the tradition and confer the office of priesthood during initiation; Ayizan is a racine or root lwa associated with the rites of initiation called kanzo, and just as her husband Loko is the archetypal houngan, Ayizan is regarded as the first or archetypal manbo, associated with priestly knowledge and mysteries, particularly those of initiation and of the natural world; as the spiritual parents of the priesthood the two are among the lwa involved in the kanzo rites, in which the priest or priestess to be is given the asson, the sacred rattle and tool of the priesthood, at least in the asson or asogwe lineage, and both are powerful guardians of reglemen, the correct and appropriate form of service.