Adjinakou
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In Vodou and especially in Haiti
, Adjinakou is an elephant
loa
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Adjinakou is also known as Agaou L'Ephant and is of the Rada loa
Family.
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...
, Adjinakou is an elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
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...
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Adjinakou is also known as Agaou L'Ephant and is of the Rada loa
Rada loa
-Scope:They include older, beneficent spirits who can be directly traced to Dahomey Vudus of West Africa.-Etymology:"Rada" is a cognate of Arará, and also Yoruba orishas.-Function:...
Family.