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In Haitian Vodou, Papa Legba is the intermediary between the lwa and humanity.
In Yoruba, Ellegua is mostly associated with Papa Legba since both share the role of being the god of the crossroads, yet Legba also shares similarities to Orunmila, the orisha of prophesy who taught mankind how to use the mighty oracle Ifá.
In Benin and Nigeria, Legba is viewed as young and virile, is often horned and ithyphallic, and his shrine is usually located at the gate of the village in the countryside.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Papa_Legba   (575 words)

  
  Papa Legba   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Papa Legba ist ein Geist/Heiliger (Loa) in der haitianischen Religion des Voodoo und nimmt eine zentrale Rolle in den Ritualen des Voodoo ein.
Weiterhin wird auf dem Waagrechten Balken ein Spazierstock dargestellt, was darauf zurück zu führen ist, daß Papa Legba diese seine Wege abschreitet.
Papa Legba ist auch unter den Namen "Kalfou" bzw "Carafour" (frz.
www.jenskleemann.de /wissen/bildung/wikipedia/p/pa/papa_legba.html   (488 words)

  
 PAPA LEGBA, GOD OF OPPORTUNITIES & GATEKEEPER TO THE SPIRIT WORLD
Legba has his origins with the Fon people of Dahomey (Benin) Africa and is said to be the guardian and trickster of the crossroads and entrances.
Papa Legba is the master linguist, the trickster, warrior, and the personal messenger of destiny.
In the Vodoun (Voodoo) Pantheon, Papa Legba is the Lwa of doorways and crossroads.
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Legba's symbol is the cross, his color is fl, and he is represented in the hounfort by the poteau-mitan and by a sacred tree near the hounfort.
Legba walks in his bare feet because he is in constant contact with the earth.
Legba is also known to hold the "key of the spiritual world," and for this reason is identified with the Christian St. Peter.
www.frankenhooker.com /denofiniquity/voodoo/encl.html   (1965 words)

  
 Legba
Addressed as Vye Legba (Old Legba), Legba Atibon and Papa Legba, he is the beloved opener of the way between this world, and the world of the Lwa.
Legba is also referred in song as the Poteau Mitan, the very axis by which the Lwa enter the peristyle.
Legba facilitates understanding as He is the being of understanding, of comprehension and of sensitiveness.
www.sosyetedumarche.com /Vodou_Info/Lwa/Legba/legba.html   (790 words)

  
 Legba
Legba, a god of West Africa and Voodooism, is the child of the Sky Pantheon.
Legba is very intelligent and cunning, despite the fact that he is a trickster.
No Loa, a spirit of the dead, is allowed to enter into the worshippers unless he has Legba's permission.
www.pantheon.org /articles/l/legba.html   (129 words)

  
 Papa Legba
Papa Legba is commonly depicted as an old man sprinkling water or an old man with a crutch, and is also known as Legba or Legba Ati-Bon.
In any vodoun ceremony, Legba is the first loa invoked, so that he may "open the gate" for communication between the worlds.
Article "Papa Legba" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 05 April 2001 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/papa_legba.html   (107 words)

  
 Legba
Legba rules fate, chance, roads, doors, mirrors, crossroads, contradictions, opportunities, primordial light, and the daytime Sun as it travels across the sky.
Legbaís feast days include March 18, 19 or 20, the feast of Legba Zaou, when he is offered a fl goat, and June 29.
Legba is always the first god honored in every ritual, because he opens the way to the other loas or orishas.
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 Papa Legba
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Erklärung des Begriff Papa Legba und dessen Bedeutung wurde zuletzt am 20.12.2006 aktualisiert (Glossar Lexikon Enzyklopädie).
www.weblexikon.de /Papa_Legba.html   (591 words)

  
 What do we know of Esu? / Is Esu the Bad Guy?
Legba, whose name is exactly that of the Fon deity, is among the Rada lwa, or gods, who are associated with benevolent, intimate day-to-day protection of their devotees.
Legba facilitates ceremonies and worship by acting as a channel to the realm of the Haitian lwa, a mythical city known as Ville-aux-Camps, and by interpreting the many languages of the lwa for their devotees, much like his African counterpart.
While Legba acts as the passage to the “life source” that is the world of the lwa, Ghede represents the transition between life and the “cosmic cemetary of souls” also located in the spirit realm.
www.rootsandrooted.org /esu2.htm   (7197 words)

  
 PAPA LEGBA VOODOO HauntedAmericaTours.com
Papa Legba is also commonly called Eleggua and is depicted as an old man sprinkling water or an old man with a crutch accompanied by dogs.
Papa Legba is the intermediary between the lwa and humanity.
Papa Legba is first to be called in a service to open the gates of the spirit world.
www.hauntedamericatours.com /voodoo/papalegba   (2191 words)

  
 SevenAfricanPowers.html   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Legba is the keeper of the crossroads between the worlds, the messenger between human and divine worlds.
Legba is always the first god honored in every ritual because he opens the door to the spirit world.
Legba unifies opposites, enables communication between worlds: male and female, human and divine, older and younger generations, the living and the dead, the sacred and the secular, the universe and its origin.
www.open-sesame.com /Legba.html   (369 words)

  
 Papa Legba
Voodoo practitioners place representations of Papa Legba behind the front door of their home in order to clear their path in many ways and to bring His protection and to help accomplish goals.
Papa Legba voodoo dolls can be used as a focusing tool for gaining clarity on the current obstacles in your life.
Once this is clear, ask Papa Legba to exert his influence over the matter at hand.
www.mysticvoodoo.com /papa_legba.htm   (677 words)

  
 Papa Legba   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Also known as Eshu-Elegbara, Babalu-Aye, Papa Legaba and Eshu, Papa Legba is one of the orisha (loa of the West African Fon and Yoruba peoples).
The youngest son of Mawu Liza (or Nana-Buluku, the creator), Papa Legba is one of the most important and most loved loa.
Papa Legba is first to be called in a service to open the gates of the spirit world.
www.folkart.com /catalog/papa_legba_4121869.htm   (324 words)

  
 Voudo
Legba is the East, the sun and the place the sun rises.
Legba also guards Crossroads and as Maitre Carrefour (master of the four roads, or crossroads) is the patron of Sorcery.
Once the loa have been called through the deity's symbol or veve, the appeal to Legba for intercession, water rituals and prayers are made, the asson is then shaken or struck upon the veve to release the power of the loas and bring them into the ceremony.
home.att.net /~thewitchinghour/voodoo.html   (1302 words)

  
 Squidoo : Lens : PAPA LEGBA, GOD OF OPPORTUNITIES & GATEKEEPER TO THE SPIRIT WORLD
New Orleans Voodoo is a powerful mystical practice that encompasses cultural and spiritual belief systems strongly influenced by the Vodou of Haiti, the healing arts of the Native Americans, the ancient Voodoo religion of Africa, European folk magic, and Catholic imagery.
PAPA LEGBA, GOD OF OPPORTUNITIES andamp; GATEKEEPER TO THE SPIRIT WORLD updated Tue Aug 7...
One of the most popular pieces that I create is that of Papa Legba, the guardian of the gates to the spirit world, remover of obstacles, and creator of opportunities.
www.squidoo.com /xml/syndicate_lens/papalegba   (214 words)

  
 Vodou Lwa Legba
Papa Legba is an old, (mostly) peaceful, sexually impotent man. He is seen as a small old man who wears beggars clothing.
Papa Legba lives in the gate and often is seen as a wanderer.
Legba is an old man. The images of St. Lazarus (the one with the sores and the dogs) serves for Legba in the Rada rite.
www.ezilikonnen.com /legba.html   (920 words)

  
 The Lwas: Legba
"Legba, well-known in Africa as a seducer of women and a mischief-maker, is known in Haiti as a kindly old man, but he still has to do with fertility and likes sacrifices of goats and roosters.
Legba ceremonies begin with a song to him and the sprinkling of a few drops of rum on the ground in his honor.
He opens the way from the material to the spiritual world (as a syncretic image the keys of St. Peter tie in nicely with Legba).
www.gede.org /lwas/legba.html   (163 words)

  
 Elton John - Hey Papa Legba (1982)
Ehi Papà Legba, nessuno si preoccuperà di te
Scuoti Papà Legba, nessuno si preoccuperà di te questone, giusto
Papa Legba's drunken with a smile upon his lips
www.eltonjohnitaly.com /heypapalegba.html   (241 words)

  
 Sculpture Gallery | Artwork by Los Angeles Sculptor
Some of the art and sculpture that the artist's wife sells at her Haitian art gallery, Galerie Lakaye, has obviously inspired the artist.
His sculpture entitled Papa Legba speaks to one of Haiti's primary spiritual personages, the "Master of Crossroads" who opens doorways of opportunity.
Los Angeles, Hollywood, and surrounding areas in southern California also play a large part in what moves the artist, as is evident in his whimsical sculpture Worship I, which highlights the slavery to fashion that is such a driving force in the entertainment industry.
www.pascalgiacomini.com /sculpture.html   (283 words)

  
 Voodoo God Anointing Oils : - Erzulies.com
As with everything at Erzulie's, these Voodoo God anointing oils and ritual perfume oils are handcrafted using the finest, most exotic pure essential oils, rare and precious absolute oils and carefully ritualized and consecrated to bring their divine energy into your life.
Papa Legba opens the doors from this world to the spirit world, brings your message to the other Lwa, opens the roads of opportunity, turns the wheel of fortune in your favor and clears obstacles from your path.
Papa Legba’s anointing oil is the perfect magical supplement to our Papa Legba Ouanga Doll, Papa Legba Ritual Jewelry or Papa Legba Altar Candle.
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Papa Legba by Chris Juergensen
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 ElCoquiGifts Catalog: Papa Legba
The new generation of artists combine spiritual devotion with artistic ambition, appealing both to the art market as well as religious devouts.
Papa Legba is the Master of Passageways, he is the door between the physical and metaphysical worlds, sometiems likened to St. Peter.
This interpretation of Legba is by Yves Delva, 25X25".
www.elcoquigifts.com /miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=EC&Product_Code=GV3026-HT&Category_Code=001EHaiVoo   (189 words)

  
 Everyday Companion Online - Chords & Tablature - Papa Legba
Begins with F to G by Schools with Legba percussion rhythm After the rhythm break, the main riff starts.
Rompiendo la monotonia del tiempo (2x) Chorus: A G Papa Legba, F E Come and open the gate.
A G Papa Legba, F E To the city of camps.
www.everydaycompanion.com /chords/songs/papa_legba.asp   (229 words)

  
 Papa-Legba
Known as Legba, La Bas, Ellegua, and Exu in the Americas, and known as Eshu in West Africa, this spirit's attribute is Lord of the Crossroads.
Devotees will pray "open the road for me, do not let any evil spirits bar my path".
Legba / Eshu Ellegua is personified by OTHA TURNER.
www.waynecountyramblin.com /cast/Papa-Legba.asp   (71 words)

  
 SongMeanings | lyrics | Widespread Panic - Papa Legba
Now I'm gonna call, gonna call on Legba.
Papa Legba governs the threshold to the spirit world.
As master of the crossroads, he can help you find the way if you are lost
www.songmeanings.net /lyric.php?lid=3530822107858493663   (114 words)

  
 Official God for 5-05-05 Papa Legba - :: LEAST I COULD DO FORUM ::
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Papa Legba by Talking Heads
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