Marassa Jumeaux
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In Vodou, the Marassa are the divine twins. They are children, but more ancient than any other loa. "Love, truth and justice. Directed by reason. Mysteries of liaison between earth and heaven and they personify astronomic-astrological learning. They synthesize the voodoo Loa as personification of divine power and the human impotence. Double life, they have considerable power which allow them manage people through the stomach. They are children mysteries." (source: Voodoo Diagrams & Rituals: by Milo Rigaud, Trilingual edition)
They are somewhat different to standard loa in that they are not channelled through possession in Vodou ritual. Their importance in the Vodou pantheon becomes clearer in that the core trinity of Vodoun service is the Lwa, the Ancestors, and the Marassa.
In Vodun, Marassa Jumeaux are a pair of dead twins, now ghosts. They are the symbols of the elemental forces of the universe.
Religions: Candomblé • Hoodoo • Kumina • Obeah • Palo • Quimbanda • Santería (Lukumí) • Spiritual Baptist • Umbanda • Vodou
Deities: Babalu Aye • Eshu • Iansan • Obàtálá • Ogoun • Ọlọrun • Orunmila • Ọṣun • Shango • Yemaja
Roots: Ifá, Oriṣa (Yorùbá) • Lwa (Dahomey) • Nkisi (Kongo) • Catholicism (Spain, Portugal)
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