Papa Loko Atisou
Haitian Vodou · deity · Haitian Vodou traditional religion; continuing · deity
A RELIGION WHOSE WHOLE STRUCTURE RUNS THROUGH INITIATION WAS IN THE CORPUS WITHOUT THE TWO LWA WHO PERFORM IT. The asson is carried as material culture on both records rather than ingested, because it is an object. KANZO IS A RITE AND IS NOT A FIGURE.
Domains
- priesthood
- initiation
- reglemen
- rada nation
Relations
- spouse: Manbo Ayizan Velekete
- confers the priesthood with: Manbo Ayizan Velekete
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.