Bossou Ashadeh
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In Vodou, and especially in Haiti
, Boddou Ashadeh is a loa
, the spirit of the deceased Dahomean
King Tegbésou.
As the Petro mannifestation, Bossou is often depicted as a horned bull.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, Boddou Ashadeh is a loa
Loa
The Loa are the spirits of the voodoo religion practiced in Louisiana, Haiti, Benin, and other parts of the world. They are also referred to as Mystères and the Invisibles, in which are intermediaries between Bondye —the Creator, who is distant from the world—and humanity...
, the spirit of the deceased Dahomean
Dahomey
Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...
King Tegbésou.
As the Petro mannifestation, Bossou is often depicted as a horned bull.